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In 2019, the average disposable income in France reached over * euros. According to the source, the average annual disposable income in France picked in 2011, at * euros. In 2020, the total gross disposable income of French households reached about billion euros, compared to ** billion euros in 2011.

French households’ disposable income

The disposable income of a household includes income from work (net of social contributions), income from wealth, transfers from other households and social benefits (including pensions and unemployment benefits), net of direct taxes. Thus, the average annual household disposable income in France has been oscillating between * and * euros. From 2016 to 2020, the change in the gross disposable income of French households has always been positive. France was one of the European countries with the highest household disposable income in 2019.

Households spending in France

In 2021, the household consumption spending as a share of GDP in France reached percent. French households spent over *** billion euros for food in 2016. Two years later, in 2018, in a survey conducted by BVA, most of responding French declared that they spent between ** and *** euros on food per week. Regarding other expense areas, recreational and cultural services households’ expenditure represented more than ** billion euros. However, a lot of middle-income households in France stated having difficulties to make ends meet in 2017.