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France vs United States

180 shared metrics.

FranceLeads in 70

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United StatesLeads in 110

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France

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: French Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

France spans many time zones because its overseas territories sit across multiple oceans.

CIA

United States

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Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 110 of 180 shared metrics, while France leads in 70.

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 19.7x that of United States (11.61% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

France's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 6.8x that of United States (29.75 per 100k people vs 3.8 per 100k people).

France's Border Neighbors is 4.0x that of United States (10 vs 2.0).

France's Gender Gap in Work is 3.2x that of United States (26.99 min/day vs 6.5 min/day).

France's Nuclear Electricity Share is 2.5x that of United States (64.8% vs 18.5%).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)France leads

France

29.75 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

Border NeighborsFrance leads

France

United States

2.0

Gender Gap in WorkFrance leads

France

26.99 min/day

United States

6.5 min/day

Nuclear Electricity ShareFrance leads

France

64.8%

United States

18.5%

United States

France

1.4K

United States

329.2K

100% lower

Coal Electricity Share

United States

France

0.31%

United States

16.31%

98% lower

Comparison of France and United States across 180 metrics
				Winner
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.61% of firms	0.56% of firms	1972% higher	France
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	29.75 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	680% higher	France
Border Neighbors	10	2.0	400% higher	France
Gender Gap in Work	26.99 min/day	6.5 min/day	317% higher	France
Nuclear Electricity Share	64.8%	18.5%	250% higher	France
Long-Term Unemployment	1.7% of workforce	0.50% of workforce	245% higher	France
Population Density	126.86 /km²	36.82 /km²	245% higher	France
Exports (% GDP)	33.89% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	205% higher	France
Poor Health	9.7% reporting poor health	3.4% reporting poor health	185% higher	France
Tourist Arrivals	117.11M	45.04M	160% higher	France
Imports (% GDP)	34.22% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	140% higher	France
Low Adult Literacy	3.4% of adults	1.5% of adults	129% higher	France
Protected Land (%)	28.6%	12.9%	122% higher	France
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	6.0 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	122% higher	France
Tobacco Use Prevalence	33.6% of adults	15.2% of adults	121% higher	France
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	23.08% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	112% higher	France
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	27 sites	104% higher	France
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.89% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	102% higher	France
Foreign Patents	1.4K	329.2K	100% lower	United States
Coal Electricity Share	0.31%	16.31%	98% lower	United States
Extreme Temperature Exposure	1.1% of population	25.03% of population	96% lower	United States
Domestic Patents	13.4K	262.2K	95% lower	United States
Water Withdrawal	24.43 B m³	444.29 B m³	95% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	16 time zones	94% lower	United States
Forest Area	175.0K km²	3.10M km²	94% lower	United States
Land Area	539.0K km²	9.15M km²	94% lower	United States
Irrigated Land	14.2K km²	234.8K km²	94% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	274.45 Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	94% lower	United States
Air Passengers	64.64M	941.56M	93% lower	United States
Airports	1.2K	16.2K	93% lower	United States
Railway Length	27.9K km	293.6K km	91% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	6.47M	62.21M	90% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	0.80 per 100k	7.2 per 100k	89% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$3,160,442,622,465.08	$28,750,956,130,731.2	89% lower	United States
Electricity Carbon Intensity	41.44 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	89% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	151.46M kW	1.24B kW	88% lower	United States
Electricity Generation	557.73 TWh	4.4K TWh	87% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	65.9K	457.3K	86% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	553	3.5K	84% lower	United States
Railway Network	27.7K km	148.6K km	81% lower	United States
Population	68.51M	338.02M	80% lower	United States
Unemployment Rate	7.4%	4.1%	79% higher	France
Armed Forces Personnel	304.0K	1.40M	78% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	1.3 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	77% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	289 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	77% lower	United States
Coastline Length	4.9K km	19.9K km	76% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	10.92%	42.87%	75% lower	United States
Low-Wage Workers	6.2% of workers	22.7% of workers	73% lower	United States
Teen Birth Rate	3.5 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	73% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	4.0 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	72% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Medals	977 medals	3.1K medals	69% lower	United States
Overcrowded Housing	7.4% of households	4.4% of households	67% higher	France
Land Border Length	4.0K km	12.0K km	67% lower	United States
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.7 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	67% lower	United States
Gender Pay Gap (%)	6.2% of male wages	17.29% of male wages	64% lower	United States
Road Deaths	4.6 per 100k	12.24 per 100k	62% lower	United States
Housing Cost Burden	11.25% of households	28.98% of households	61% lower	United States
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,865.18	$12,434.43	61% lower	United States
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	59% higher	France
Tourism Revenue	$35,958,000,000	$84,205,000,000	57% lower	United States
GDP Growth Rate	1.2%	2.8%	57% lower	United States
Poverty Rate	8.3% of population	18.09% of population	54% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.1K kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	51% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	33.64 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	50% higher	France
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	United States
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.02 per 100k	39.45 per 100k	49% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	16.2%	10.9%	49% higher	France
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.4K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	49% lower	United States
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.5 vs bottom 20%	8.5 vs bottom 20%	47% lower	United States
Unpaid Work Hours	7.2% of adults 15-64	13.25% of adults 15-64	46% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$45,160	$83,490	46% lower	United States
Smoking Rate	34.6%	24.3%	42% higher	France
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	23.88 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	41% lower	United States
Beer Consumption	2.4 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	40% lower	United States
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	4.8 vs bottom 10%	40% lower	United States
Liberal Democracy Index	0.80	0.57	40% higher	France
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	40% lower	United States
Credit Card Ownership	39.76% of adults	66.7% of adults	40% lower	United States
Spirits Consumption	2.2 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	39% lower	United States
Infant Mortality	3.4 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	38% lower	United States
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	38% lower	United States
Firms Asked for Bribes	1.6% of firms	2.5% of firms	37% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	16.47%	12.05%	37% higher	France
Long Work Hours	6.0% of employees	9.2% of employees	35% lower	United States
Solar Electricity Share	5.6%	8.6%	35% lower	United States
Wealth Concentration	49.93% of wealth	75.15% of wealth	34% lower	United States
Child Mortality	4.3 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	34% lower	United States
Meat Consumption per Person	83.05 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	33% lower	United States
Capital Elevation	48 m	72 m	33% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.96	0.73	32% higher	France
Inflation Rate	2.0%	2.9%	31% lower	United States
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$43,435	$61,353	29% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	49 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	29% higher	France
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$61,290.42	$85,809.9	29% lower	United States
Job Insecurity	3.1% of earnings at risk	4.2% of earnings at risk	28% lower	United States
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.88% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	28% lower	United States
Average Earnings	$60,608.01	$82,932.94	27% lower	United States
Lack of Support	12.69% of adults 15+	10.02% of adults 15+	27% higher	France
Vehicles per 1,000 People	636.58 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	27% lower	United States
Women in Parliament (%)	36.05%	28.74%	25% higher	France
Inequality (Gini)	31.8	41.8	24% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	22.15%	17.93%	24% higher	France
Water Stress (%)	12.21%	15.77%	23% lower	United States
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	9.6 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	23% higher	France
Self-Rated Health	66.2% reporting good health	84.9% reporting good health	22% lower	United States
Social Time	6.2 hrs/week	5.1 hrs/week	22% higher	France
Highest Elevation	4.8K m	6.2K m	22% lower	United States
Wind Electricity Share	8.2%	10.27%	21% lower	United States
Nurses & Midwives	9.4 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	21% lower	United States
Loneliness	10.77% of adults 16+	13.36% of adults 16+	19% lower	United States
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.86 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	19% higher	France
Electoral Democracy Index	0.86	0.73	18% higher	France
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	17% higher	France
Government Debt (% GDP)	98.5% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	17% lower	United States
Firms Hit by Power Outages	29.49% of firms	25.17% of firms	17% higher	France
Dependency Ratio	63% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	16% higher	France
Voter Turnout	73.69% of votes	64.07% of votes	15% higher	France
Low Reading Skills	16.8% of students	14.76% of students	14% higher	France
Low Math Skills	16.8% of students	14.76% of students	14% higher	France
Low Science Skills	16.8% of students	14.76% of students	14% higher	France
Agricultural Land (%)	52.5%	46.08%	14% higher	France
Death Rate	9.9 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	13% higher	France
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.83	12% higher	France
Women in Senior Management	38.71% of managers	44.06% of managers	12% lower	United States
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.74% of adults	33.74% of adults	12% lower	United States
Food Waste per Person	139 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	12% lower	United States
University Enrollment Rate	70.45%	79.36%	11% lower	United States
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	11% lower	United States
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.89% of firms	22.23% of firms	11% lower	United States
Leisure Time	16.2 hrs/day	14.74 hrs/day	10% higher	France
Low Adult Numeracy	22.63% of adults	25.02% of adults	10% lower	United States
Median Age	41.8 years	38.0 years	10% higher	France
Median Wealth	$177,350	$165,700	7% higher	France
Political Corruption Index	0.06	0.06	7% lower	United States
Hypertension Prevalence	29.6% of adults	31.8% of adults	7% lower	United States
Researchers	5.2K per 1M	4.8K per 1M	7% higher	France
Youth NEET Rate	12.52% of youth 15-24	11.82% of youth 15-24	6% higher	France
Reading Skills	473.85 pts	503.94 pts	6% lower	United States
Average Weekly Work Hours	35.3 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	6% lower	United States
Suicide Rate	16.58 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	6% higher	France
Life Expectancy	82.9 years	78.4 years	6% higher	France
Digital Payments Used	98.45% of adults	92.97% of adults	6% higher	France
Milk Consumption per Person	241.31 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	5% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	88.65%	93%	5% lower	United States
Youth Population (%)	16.51%	17.32%	5% lower	United States
High-Tech Exports (%)	23.14%	24.32%	5% lower	United States
Home Internet Access	88.11% of households	84.39% of households	4% higher	France
Air Pollution Exposure	99.7% of population	95.76% of population	4% higher	France
Forest Coverage (%)	32.48%	33.87%	4% lower	United States
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	117 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	4% higher	France
Alcohol Consumption	10.32 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	4% higher	France
Housing Affordability	79.68% of income	81.75% of income	3% lower	United States
Adult Numeracy	257.22 pts	249.94 pts	3% higher	France
Social Support	87.13% of adults 15+	89.91% of adults 15+	3% lower	United States
Chronic Pain	34.5% of adults 15+	33.5% of adults 15+	3% higher	France
Corruption Perceptions Index	66 pts	64 pts	3% higher	France
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.8 pts	3% lower	United States
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.06% of adults	94.99% of adults	3% lower	United States
Math Skills	473.94 pts	464.89 pts	2% higher	France
Science Skills	487.23 pts	499.41 pts	2% lower	United States
Adult Literacy	255.4 pts	259.29 pts	2% lower	United States
Human Development Index	0.92	0.94	2% lower	United States
Safety at Night	73% feeling safe at night	71.5% feeling safe at night	2% higher	France
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	United States
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.71%	97.57%	2% higher	France
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	2% lower	United States
Urban Population (%)	78.8%	80.12%	2% lower	United States
Employment Rate (%)	77.16% of adults 25-64	76.67% of adults 25-64	1% higher	France
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	France
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	United States
Numeracy Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	United States
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	United States
Sanitation Access (%)	98.64%	99.62%	1% lower	United States
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.2%	99.1%	1% lower	United States
Birth Rate	10.88 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	1% higher	France
Job Strain	25.79% of employees	25.82% of employees	equal	United States
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	France
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	France
Lowest Elevation	-2 m	-86 m	ranked higher	France
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.4% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	France

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Analysis

United States leads in 110 of 180 shared metrics, while France leads in 70.

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 19.7x that of United States (11.61% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

France's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 6.8x that of United States (29.75 per 100k people vs 3.8 per 100k people).

France's Border Neighbors is 4.0x that of United States (10 vs 2.0).

France's Gender Gap in Work is 3.2x that of United States (26.99 min/day vs 6.5 min/day).

France's Nuclear Electricity Share is 2.5x that of United States (64.8% vs 18.5%).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

France

29.75 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

Border NeighborsFrance leads

France

United States

2.0

Gender Gap in WorkFrance leads

France

26.99 min/day

United States

6.5 min/day

Nuclear Electricity ShareFrance leads

France

64.8%

United States

18.5%

Long-Term UnemploymentFrance leads

France

1.7% of workforce

United States

0.50% of workforce

Firms Making Informal Payments

11.61% of firms

0.56% of firms

29.75 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

Border Neighbors

2.0

Gender Gap in Work

26.99 min/day

6.5 min/day

Nuclear Electricity Share

64.8%

18.5%

Long-Term Unemployment

1.7% of workforce

0.50% of workforce

Population Density

126.86 /km²

36.82 /km²

Exports (% GDP)

33.89% of GDP

11.11% of GDP

Poor Health

9.7% reporting poor health

3.4% reporting poor health

Tourist Arrivals

117.11M

45.04M

Imports (% GDP)

34.22% of GDP

14.27% of GDP

Low Adult Literacy

3.4% of adults

1.5% of adults

Protected Land (%)

28.6%

12.9%

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

6.0 per 1k

2.7 per 1k

Tobacco Use Prevalence

33.6% of adults

15.2% of adults

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

23.08% of GDP

10.89% of GDP

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

55 sites

27 sites

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.89% of youth labor force

9.3% of youth labor force

Foreign Patents

1.4K

329.2K

Coal Electricity Share

0.31%

16.31%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Making Informal Payments

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Border Neighbors

Gender Gap in Work

Nuclear Electricity Share

Long-Term Unemployment

Population Density

Exports (% GDP)

Poor Health

Tourist Arrivals

Imports (% GDP)

Low Adult Literacy

Protected Land (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Youth Unemployment Rate

Foreign Patents

Coal Electricity Share

Extreme Temperature Exposure

Domestic Patents

Water Withdrawal

Time Zones Count

Forest Area

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Air Passengers

Airports

Railway Length

Shipping Traffic

Homicide Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Scientific Publications

Merchant Fleet Size

Railway Network

Population

Unemployment Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Homicide Rate

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Coastline Length

Obesity Rate

Low-Wage Workers

Teen Birth Rate

CO2 Per Capita

All-Time Olympic Medals

Overcrowded Housing

Land Border Length

Road Traffic Death Rate

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Road Deaths

Housing Cost Burden

Health Spending Per Capita

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Tourism Revenue

GDP Growth Rate

Poverty Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Official Languages Count

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Renewable Energy (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)

Unpaid Work Hours

GNI Per Capita

Smoking Rate