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2024
global knowledge index
France
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):3,763.932
- Population:66,438,822
- HDI:0.91
23/141
Gki
Score
61.7
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
France is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 23rd out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 23rd out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Fixed-broadband subscriptions by speed per hundred people
- Net enrolment rate in primary education
- Gross enrolment ratio in early childhood education
- Firms offering formal training (%)
- Mobile broadband basket (% GNI per capita)
Areas of Improvement
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
- Tax and contribution rate (% profit)
- Ratio of high-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Researchers in higher education (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
15
78.81
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
46
55.27
Higher
Education
42
52.08
Research, Development
and Innovation
13
47.82
Information and
Communications Technology
19
67.85
Economy
24
66.04
Enabling
Environment
22
74.42
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GKI Pillars
