France
Socio-economic indicators
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Land Area
54,755,700 ha
GDP/Capita
44,993.1 USD
Total population
67,749,600
Urban population
80.4 %
Land-related indicators
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Agricultural land
52.4 %
Perceived tenure security
79.7 %
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By: Sally Hayden
Date: October 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
CALAIS, France (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France, hundreds of Oromo Ethiopians set up their own school.
An Irish volunteer came to teach classes during the day,…
By: Sybille de La Hamaide
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
France's National Assembly on Wednesday scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil, which had raised an outcry in major producing countries, after the government said it would propose a new tax scheme…