France: Development & Industry
Population: 63,605,300
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $33,950
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 47%
Women as % of Parliament: 19%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 6.0
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 87%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 99%
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: N/A
Economy: Big Mac Index: N/A
Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -2.82%
Economy: Human Development Index: .938
Economy: Technology Index: 4.65
Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 7.9
Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): 5.6%
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 18.64
Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: 4.5%
Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $3,464
Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: 7.7
Health: Physicians Per 1000: 3.37
Media: Televisions (total number): 34,800,000
Media: Per Capita Televisions (you compute this): .55
% of GDP as Industry: 18.3%
Total Labor Force: 29.62 million (2012 est.)
% of Labor Force in Industry: 24.3%
Unemployment Rate: 9.8% (2012 est.)
Public Debt % of GDP: 89.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Inflation Rate: 2.3% (2012 est.)
Industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism
Value of Exports: $567.5 billion (2012 est.)
Export Commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
Export Partners and %: Germany 16.7%, Italy 8.3%, Spain 7.4%, Belgium 7.4%, UK 6.7%, US 5%, Netherlands 4.3% (2011)
Value of Imports: $658.9 billion (2012 est.)
Import Commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
Import Partners and %: Germany 19.1%, Belgium 11.3%, Italy 7.7%, Netherlands 7.5%, Spain 6.6%, UK 5.1%, China 4.8% (2011)
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 0.7838 (2012 est.)
Electricity Production: 539 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Consumption: 451.4 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 20.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 53% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 17.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 5.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Refined Oil Production: 1.694 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
Refined Oil Consumption: 1.792 million bbl/day (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Production: 587 million cu m (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption: 41.52 billion cu m (2011 est.)
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 39.883 million (2011)
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 59.84 million (2011)
# of Internet Hosts: 17.266 million (2012)
# of Internet Users: 45.262 million; 44.625 million (metropolitan France) (2009)
# of Airports (total): 473 (2012)
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 297
# of km of Roadways (total): 951,200 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: N/A
# km of Waterways: 8,501 km
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen