France

Metrics

1. population
   66M
   22 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $3.1T
   7 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $44,700
   23 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $59B
   9 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   2.0%
   52 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   544K km²
   50 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   121 /km²
   39 of 144
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   82.9 yr
   13 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   87%
   55 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    4.0 t
    50 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    79%
    34 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.6
    92 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    14%
    29 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    1.2%
    85 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    2.2%
    13 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    5,369
    16 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    66K
    10 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    23%
    15 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    31.8
    79 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    19%
    44 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.80
    8 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    67
    19 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    22.6
    114 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.920
    17 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
25. refugees hosted
    722K
    12 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
26. refugees produced
    139
    111 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data