Editing Economy of France (section)

== Poverty ==
{{Main|Poverty in France}}

[[OECD]] data from 2021 estimate that 8.4% of the French population lived in poverty, compared with 18% in the United States, 11.6% in Canada, and 9.8% in Germany.<ref name="OECD Data Poverty rate">{{Cite web |url=https://data.oecd.org/inequality/poverty-rate.htm |title=Inequality - Poverty rate - OECD Data |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212173822/https://data.oecd.org/inequality/poverty-rate.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, the poverty rate in France stood at 14%, compared to 12.8% in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=Entre cinq et huit millions de Français vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté |language=fr-FR |work=La Croix |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/Social/Entre-cinq-huit-millions-Francais-vivent-seuil-pauvrete-2019-08-15-1201041115 |access-date=2023-12-31 |issn=0242-6056}}</ref> The northern districts of [[Marseille]] represent one of the poorest and unequal areas in France, where poor neighbourhoods rub shoulders with wealthier pockets. The share of people living below the poverty line (949 euro per month) was 28.8% in 2008 in sensitive urban zones (ZUS) compared to 12% in the rest of the territory.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-03-16 |title=Fabienne Keller, sénatrice UMP, prône "un autre regard sur les quartiers fragiles" |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/ecole-primaire-et-secondaire/article/2011/03/16/fabienne-keller-senatrice-ump-prone-un-autre-regard-sur-les-quartiers-fragiles_1493676_1473688.html |access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>

In comparison with the average French workers, foreign workers tended to be employed in the hardest and lowest-paid jobs. They also live in poor conditions. A 1972 study found that foreign workers earned 17% less than their French counterparts, although this national average concealed the extent of inequality. Foreign workers were more likely to be men in their prime working years in the industrial areas, which generally had higher rates of pay than elsewhere.<ref name="poverty-and-inequality">{{cite book|author1=Victor George|title=Poverty and inequality in Common Market countries|author2=Roger Lawson|publisher=[[Routledge & Kegan Paul]]|year=1980|isbn=9780710005175}}</ref>