English publications

The Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees) releases a new publication: Social Protection in France and Europe in 2024. This overview analyzes the main results of the social protection accounts for 2024, for France and for all European countries. Beyond the accounting exercise, this overview traces the evolution of social policies in France and Europe.

Public health insurance (PHI) plays a major role in reducing inequalities in France. Its benefits represent the equivalent of 40% of the disposable income for low-income households in the 20th percentile of the income distribution. The latter receive higher reimbursements for healthcare costs than high-income households, mainly due to the poorer health of this part of the population.

In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in 69,000 deaths in France (10.4% of deaths), making it the third leading cause of death for that year. Just over half of the COVID-19 victims were 85 years old or above, with men who died of COVID-19 being younger, on average, than women. The most common causes of death in 2020 were still tumours (25.6%) and cardiovascular diseases (20.2%). However, the[...]