What do French people think about nationalization?
Economic axis · 🇫🇷 France · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
87% of French respondents take the position “Water, power and trains should be owned by the public, not run for profit.”, against 8% for “Water, power and trains work better when private firms compete to run them.”, with 5% choosing neither. n = 107, margin of error ±10.1, 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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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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22.8% |
higher than most countries
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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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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 nationalization
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 · Water, power and trains work better when private firms compete to run them.
B · Water, power and trains should be owned by the public, not run for profit.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
20% neither ·
57% B · n = 4746
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87% B 🇫🇷 n=107 |
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A · Letting firms from abroad invest in our oil, gas and metals brings in money and skills.
B · Our oil, gas and metals should stay in our own hands, not be sold abroad.
World, unweighted: 19% A ·
19% neither ·
63% B · n = 4746
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83% B 🇫🇷 n=116 |
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Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- France public opinion on nationalization
- Nationalization poll france
- What do french people think about nationalization
- What percentage of french people support nationalization
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.