What do French people think about capitalism?
Economic axis · 🇫🇷 France · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
87% of French respondents take the position “State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.”, against 4% for “Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.”, with 9% choosing neither. n = 113, margin of error ±9.7, weighted to France's adult population.
Where France sits on economic
What is measured about France on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$55,124 |
higher than most countries
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2023
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31.8 0–100 |
somewhat below the middle
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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22.8% |
higher than most countries
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2025
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67.2% |
somewhat below the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on capitalism
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.
B · State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4766
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87% B 🇫🇷 n=113 |
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A · Rules on business usually do more harm than good.
B · Rules on business are needed to keep people safe.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4736
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84% B 🇫🇷 n=113 |
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A · Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.
B · When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
20% neither ·
57% B · n = 4739
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88% B 🇫🇷 n=114 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- France public opinion on capitalism
- Capitalism poll france
- What do french people think about capitalism
- What percentage of french people support capitalism
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.