International rankings of France

Cities

• gaWC Inventory of World Cities, 1999: :Paris alpha world city

  Economic

• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2007, ranked 45 out of 157 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP per capita 2006, out of 182 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP 2006, ranked 5 out of 181 countries
• List of countries by GDP - official exchange rate 2019, ranked 8, out of 226 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2006–2007, ranked 18 out of 125 countries
• World Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index, ranked 31 out of 178 countries
• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2008, ranked 1 in tourist arrivals
• Fortune Global 500 2010, with 39 worldwide corporations, France has the third largest number of wealthiest corporations out of 32 countries

  Environmental

• Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 36 out of 146 countries
• New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2006, ranked 129 out of 178 countries

  Globalization

• KOF: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 6 out of 122 countries
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 23 out of 62 countries

  Military

• Ranked 5th by military expenditures out of 170 countries.
• CSIS: active troops, ranked 21st out of 166 countries

  Political

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 19 out of 179 countries
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2007, ranked 31 out of 169 countries
• Economist Intelligence Unit: Democracy Index 2007, ranked 24 out of 167 countries
• Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine: Failed States Index 2007, ranked 157 out of 177 countries

  Social

• Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 25 out of 108 countries
• UN: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 8 out of 177 countries
• Population ranked 19 out of 221 countries

  Technological

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 22 out of 69 countries
• The World Factbook: number of Internet users, ranked 10 out of 80 countries

  Other

International rankings