France
Region
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP, 2022)
28
Population (UNFPA, 2022)
65.6 milion
Total number of volunteers (ILO, 2015)
12,251
Direct volunteering (ILO, 2015)
12,411
Organization-based (ILO, 2015)
12,251
Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
Total volunteering by gender
Direct volunteering by gender
Organization-based volunteering by gender
Measurement work
Data source
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
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2010
- Time Use Survey
- 2011
- 2012
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2013
- Social Survey
- 2014
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2015
- Social Survey
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2016
- Other
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
No data
Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?
NoVNR Reporting
Report on the Implementation by France of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Reporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
Paragraph 1, page 21
The Civic Reserve gives all citizens the possibility to work as volunteers to convey and put into practice the values of the French Republic at school alongside teachers.
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