France vs Iceland: Prosperity gap

France
0.6278
in 2023
Iceland
0.5892
in 2019
France rank
113th
Iceland rank
115th

Prosperity gap over time

  • France
  • Iceland
0.40.60.811.21.4197019962023

How they compare

France currently reports 0.6278 against 0.5892 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0386.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was France ahead.

France ranks 113th and Iceland ranks 115th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Prosperity gap
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
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Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.