What do French people think about wealth taxes?
Economic axis · 🇫🇷 France · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
88% of French respondents take the position “When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.”, against 2% for “Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.”, with 9% choosing neither. n = 114, 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 inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2023
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31.8 0–100 |
somewhat below the middle
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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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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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22.8% |
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 wealth taxes
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 · 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 |
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A · What you leave your children is your own business.
B · What one person leaves behind should be taxed heavily.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
23% neither ·
54% B · n = 4753
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86% B 🇫🇷 n=117 |
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 wealth taxes
- Wealth taxes poll france
- What do french people think about wealth taxes
- What percentage of french people support wealth taxes
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.