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This page contains
Facts and Figures about France and the French. Some are significant,
other less so....
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Management
| Intercultural management : with questionnaires for more than 100,000 employees
of IBM, all over the world, Geert Hofstede (1991, 2002) has identified
5 dimensions to assess intercultural management differences (see
more details).
Here are the numbers (quoted by R.Hill)
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Individualism vs Collectivism
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Power Distance
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Uncertainty Avoidance
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Masculinity vs Feminity
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Long Term vs Short Term
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| Austria |
55
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11
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70
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79
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| Belgium |
75
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65
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94
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54
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| Denmark |
74
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18
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23
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16
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| Finland |
63
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33
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59
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26
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| France |
71
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68
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86
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43
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39
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| Germany |
67
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35
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65
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66
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| Greece |
35
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60
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112
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57
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| Ireland |
70
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28
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35
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68
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| Italy |
76
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50
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75
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70
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| Netherlands |
80
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38
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53
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14
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| Norway |
69
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31
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50
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8
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| Portugal |
27
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63
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104
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31
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| Spain |
51
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57
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86
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42
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| Sweden |
71
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31
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29
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5
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| Switzerland |
68
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34
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58
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70
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| United Kingdom |
89
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35
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35
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66
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| USA |
91
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40
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46
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62
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29
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| Educational
background of the 349 members of the executives boards of
the 40 largest French companies (listed in the CAC40 Index) in
2007 (Source
: Le Figaro March 25, 2008) : |
| Ecole Polytechnique
(X) |
17,2% |
"Grandes
Ecoles d'Ingénieurs" outside Paris |
15,7% |
| Ecole Nationale
d'Administration (ENA) |
12,9% |
Business schools
outside Paris |
4% |
| Hautes Etudes
Commerciales (HEC) |
9,2% |
University |
13,7% |
| Other Parisian
"Grandes Ecoles" |
20,5% |
Other |
6,8% |
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| Taxes and benefits |
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Taxes are very high in France (source:OECD 2018) : click here for more facts on taxes in France
| All Taxes (% of GNP) |
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Corporate Taxes (% of GNP) |
| France |
46,1 |
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Norway |
6 |
| Italy |
42,1 |
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Japan |
4,1 |
| Norway |
39 |
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Mexico |
3,4 |
| Germany |
38,2 |
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OECD |
3,1 |
| Spain |
34,4 |
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UK |
2,9 |
| OECD |
34,3 |
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Spain |
2,5 |
| UK |
33,5 |
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France |
2,1 |
| Japan |
31,4 |
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Germany |
2,1 |
| USA |
24,3 |
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Italy |
1,9 |
| Mexico |
16,1 |
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USA |
1,1 |
Miscellaneous facts & figures :
- In 2014, only 48.5% of French households paid the income tax, the others were exempted ; the 10% biggest taxpayers paid 70% of the total income.
- More to come
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Minimum public
allowance in case of
unemployment : (source : UNEDIC)
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for ...(days) |
% of "salaire de référence"
(now 1220 Euros) |
Average length of unemployment
in months (OECD 2004) |
| France |
122
to 1825 |
40% to 50% |
16,7 |
| Germany |
182 to 974 |
6% to 67% |
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| Austria |
140 to 365 |
56% + |
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| Belgium |
unlimited |
60% |
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| Denmark |
1365 |
90% |
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| Spain |
120 to 720 |
70% |
19,9 |
| Finland |
500 |
60% (approx) |
11,7 |
| Greece |
125 to 300 |
40 to 50% |
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| Ireland |
156 to 390 |
366 Euros + |
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| Italy |
180 |
30% |
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| Luxembourg |
365 to 730 |
85% |
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| Netherlands |
130 to 1295 |
70% |
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| Portugal |
305 to 900 |
65% |
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| UK |
182 |
183 to 328 Euros |
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| Sweden |
300 to 450 |
80% |
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| AVERAGE EUROPE |
297 to 726 |
717 Euros |
12,2 (OECD) |
| USA |
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4,8 |
| Canada |
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4,4 |
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| Economy |
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Strikes :
number of days per 1000 workers
1998-2004 (source : Observatoire Européen des Relations
Industrielles 2005)
| Denmark |
218 |
Finland |
44 |
Belgium |
20 |
| Spain |
166 |
Greece |
43 |
Portugal |
20 |
| Italy |
93 |
Europe |
43 |
Luxembourg |
19 |
| Norway |
80 |
France |
37 |
Netherlands |
10 |
| Austria |
59 |
Sweden |
27 |
Poland |
5,4 |
| Ireland |
53 |
UK |
26 |
Germany |
2,9 |
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Number of patents
by country, as a % of the
total number of patents (2002, source : OECD)
| USA |
35,6% |
United-Kingdom |
4% |
| Japan |
25,6% |
Italy |
1,6% |
| Germany |
14,1% |
Canada |
1,3% |
| France |
4,8% |
Spain |
0,2% |
Global
market share for luxury goods (Source
: AT.Kearney, Nov.2006) in % of turnover of the 270 main luxury
companies
| France |
Italy |
USA |
Switzerl. |
Others |
| 34% |
20% |
14% |
6% |
26% |
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| Environment |
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Discharge of CO2
in the atmosphere, in tons per inhabitant (source UN Statistics
Division, 2002)
| Country |
Rank |
Tons/inhab. |
| Qatar |
1
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53,1
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| Trinitad-Tobago |
2
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31,9
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| Bahrein |
3
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30,6
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| UAE |
4
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25,1
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| Kuweit |
5
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24,6
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| Luxembourg |
6
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21,1
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| USA |
7
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20,1
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| Australia |
8
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18,3
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| Brunei |
9
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17,7
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| Canada |
10
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16,5
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| Germany |
24
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9,8
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| France |
50
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6,2
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another source (OECD, 1997)
gives the following global numbers
| million tons |
NOX
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CO2
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| USA |
21,4
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5,3
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| France |
1,6
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0,4
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| Germany |
1,8
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0,9
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| UK |
1,2
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0,6
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| Japan |
n/a
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1,2
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