Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in France instead of Sweden, you would:

Economy

pay a 12.1% lower top tax rate

Sweden has a top tax rate of 57.1% as of 2016. In France, the top tax rate is 50.2% as of 2016.

make 14.0% less money

Sweden has a GDP per capita of $64,200 as of 2023, while in France, the GDP per capita is $55,200 as of 2023.

Life

be 60.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Sweden, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In France, 8.0 women do as of 2020.

be 37.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Sweden, approximately 2.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In France, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 23.6% less on education

Sweden spends 7.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. France spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 50.8% more coastline

Sweden has a total of 3,218 km of coastline. In France, that number is 4,853 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direction Générale des Finances Publiques, Skatteverket.

France: At a glance

France is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 549,970 sq km. France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. It plays an influential global role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, NATO, the G-8, the G-20, the EU and other multilateral organizations. France rejoined NATO's integrated military command structure in 2009, reversing DE GAULLE's 1966 decision to take French forces out of NATO. Since 1958, it has constructed a hybrid presidential-parliamentary governing system resistant to the instabilities experienced in earlier, more purely parliamentary administrations. In recent decades, its reconciliation and cooperation with Germany have proved central to the economic integration of Europe, including the introduction of a common currency, the euro, in January 1999. In the early 21st century, five French overseas entities - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion - became French regions and were made part of France proper.
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