Some 13% of the French population were in a situation of material or social deprivation as of the beginning of 2024, new data from Insee, the French statistics office, has found.
According to the data, the percentage of French individuals living in ordinary housing and suffering from material or social deprivation stood at 8.6 million last year.
The share of materially or socially deprived households declined slightly compared to 2023, the data showed, however the overall deprivation rate remained relatively high, at 0.6 percentage points above the average observed between 2013 and 2020.
‘Unemployed people, people living in single‑parent families and social housing tenants were the most exposed to the risk of deprivation,’ according to Insee.
Consumer price increase
Elsewhere, the latest consumer price index data from Insee estimates a 0.8% increase in consumer prices in April 2025, compared to the same period a year ago.
Food prices are estimated to be 1.2% higher in April, with the price of fresh food showing a 4.0% increase. Tobacco is also estimated to be 4.1% higher.
Consumers have seen the price of energy come down, however, with the estimated price of energy 7.9% lower in April 2025 compared to the same period a year earlier. Services are estimated to be 2.3% higher.
‘Over one month, consumer prices should increase by 0.5% in April 2025 (after +0.2% in March),’ Insee said. ‘This new rise in prices should be explained by the increase in services prices, in particular transport, and food. Conversely, energy prices should fall again in April, while prices of manufactured products and tobacco should remain virtually unchanged over the month.’ Read more here and here.
