France
Every metric we have, president by president, since 1959.
In office
Emmanuel Macron since 14 May 2017
People who cannot afford a healthy diet · Cannot afford a healthy diet
The share of people whose income cannot pay for the cheapest healthy diet and basic needs.
Source: FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data (updated 2025-08-04) · fetched 26 Oct 2026
A year counts for whoever was in office on 1 July. A term's change runs from the year before it began to its last year with data. The years above, or a name in the timeline, set the years of the chart and of every list below. The dashed line and the small change under each term are the comparison group, over the same years. BRICS, the G7 and the G20 are the average of their member countries, and count only in years when every member has data.
Ranked by the average change per year: the best first, or the highest where neither direction is better. Only years with data count. For growth that multiplies, like GDP, the average compounds; other changes are divided by the years.
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Leaders, dates and parties: Wikipedia, compiled by Data Mechanics · loaded 26 Oct 2026. Party logos from Wikimedia Commons; PR logo by 幻光尘, CC BY-SA 4.0; PS logo by Alexandre Vizyinos, CC BY-SA 4.0; UDR logo by Danrolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
