18 World Bank indicators, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. Each tile shows the annual series since 1960 and the latest known value for each country. Hover a chart to read a given year.
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Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.
Poverty < $2.15/day
SI.POV.DDAY · %
Latest known value by country
France0.1%2023
Germany0.7%2022
United Kingdom0.4%2021
Italy0.9%2023
Spain0.8%2023
Netherlands0.1%2021
United States1.1%2024
China0%2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices.
Poverty < $3.65/day
SI.POV.LMIC · %
Latest known value by country
France0.1%2023
Germany0.9%2022
United Kingdom0.5%2021
Italy1%2023
Spain1%2023
Netherlands0.1%2021
United States1.2%2024
China0.5%2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $4.20 a day at 2021 international prices.
Poverty < $6.85/day
SI.POV.UMIC · %
Latest known value by country
France0.3%2023
Germany1.6%2022
United Kingdom0.9%2021
Italy1.9%2023
Spain2.3%2023
Netherlands0.3%2021
United States1.8%2024
China21.3%2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $8.30 a day at 2021 international prices.
Top 10% income share
SI.DST.10TH.10 · %
Latest known value by country
France25%2023
Germany26.2%2022
United Kingdom25%2021
Italy25.8%2023
Spain24.5%2023
Netherlands21.4%2021
United States30.7%2024
China28.4%2022
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
Bottom 20% income share
SI.DST.FRST.20 · %
Latest known value by country
France7.7%2023
Germany6.9%2022
United Kingdom7.6%2021
Italy6.6%2023
Spain6.5%2023
Netherlands9.4%2021
United States5.1%2024
China7.3%2022
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
Bottom 40% income growth
SI.SPR.PC40.ZG · %
Latest known value by country
France-0.76%2023
Germany0.16%2022
United Kingdom0.86%2021
Italy1.54%2023
Spain2.58%2023
Netherlands2.86%2021
United States0.3%2024
China7.21%2021
The growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% is computed as the annualized average growth rate in per capita real consumption or income of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a...
Vulnerable employment
SL.EMP.VULN.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France8.5%2025
Germany4.34%2025
United Kingdom11.53%2025
Italy14.35%2025
Spain10.07%2025
Netherlands13.42%2025
United States3.81%2025
China33.4%2025
Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
Self-employment
SL.EMP.SELF.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France13.28%2025
Germany8.15%2025
United Kingdom13.15%2025
Italy21.12%2025
Spain14.54%2025
Netherlands16.79%2025
United States6.07%2025
China37.67%2025
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e.
NEET (15-24 years)
SL.UEM.NEET.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France12.57%2024
Germany7.58%2024
United Kingdom14.4%2025
Italy11.96%2024
Spain10.5%2025
Netherlands4.14%2024
United States11.59%2025
China12.69%2000
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population.
Female/male activity ratio
SL.TLF.CACT.FM.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France86.45%2025
Germany83.7%2025
United Kingdom87.4%2025
Italy70%2025
Spain84.89%2025
Netherlands87.23%2025
United States84.02%2025
China84.68%2025
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Birth registration
SP.REG.BRTH.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France100%2022
Germany100%2020
United Kingdom100%2022
Italy100%2022
Spain100%2022
Netherlands100%2022
United States100%2022
Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey.
Female activity rate
SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France51.48%2025
Germany55.29%2025
United Kingdom57.33%2025
Italy40.81%2025
Spain52.83%2025
Netherlands62.71%2025
United States56.34%2025
China59.15%2025
The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older.
Male activity rate
SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France59.55%2025
Germany66.05%2025
United Kingdom65.6%2025
Italy58.3%2025
Spain62.23%2025
Netherlands71.89%2025
United States67.06%2025
China69.85%2025
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Female unemployment
SL.UEM.TOTL.FE.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France7.54%2025
Germany3.41%2025
United Kingdom4.41%2025
Italy7.32%2025
Spain11.94%2025
Netherlands4.08%2025
United States4.18%2025
China4.01%2025
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
Youth unemployment
SL.UEM.1524.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France18.89%2025
Germany6.86%2025
United Kingdom14.65%2025
Italy20.55%2025
Spain24.75%2025
Netherlands8.83%2025
United States9.34%2025
China15.8%2025
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Wage employment
SL.EMP.WORK.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France86.72%2025
Germany91.85%2025
United Kingdom86.85%2025
Italy78.88%2025
Spain85.46%2025
Netherlands83.21%2025
United States93.93%2025
China62.33%2025
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a...
Poverty (national line)
SI.POV.NAHC · %
Latest known value by country
France15.6%2021
Germany14.8%2021
United Kingdom18.6%2017
Italy20.1%2021
Spain20.2%2022
Netherlands14.5%2021
China0%2020
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s).