What do French people think about socialism?
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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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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Health spending
WHO Global Health Expenditure · 2024
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11.5% |
among the highest in the world
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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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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 socialism
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 · Health care should mostly be bought and sold, with help for those who cannot pay.
B · The state should provide health care, free when you need it.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4750
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83% B 🇫🇷 n=112 |
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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 |
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 socialism
- Socialism poll france
- What do french people think about socialism
- What percentage of french people support socialism
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.