Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade
New research based on Restos du coeur data highlights rising residential insecurity and factors contributing to poverty.
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Entre 2018 et 2025, 5,5 millions de personnes ont eu recours au moins une fois à l’aide alimentaire de l’association © Crédit photo : Illustration Sud Ouest
Photograph: Sud Ouest (embedded from source)
What this story says
- One in ten people in France may face food insecurity in the next decade, according to a new study.
- Between 2018 and 2025, 5.5 million individuals accessed food aid from the Restos du coeur at least once.
- Residential insecurity has risen by 62% between 2018 and 2025, with inflation cited as a major driver.
- A 10% rise in unemployment is linked to a 13% increase in food insecurity and a 10% rise in residential insecurity.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 12 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
45/100
12 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A study based on data from the Restos du coeur indicates that one in ten people in France risks falling into food insecurity over the next decade. The research, conducted by five economists, analysed millions of data points from the association between 2018 and 2025. During this period, 5.5 million individuals used the food aid services of Restos du coeur at least once. The study also found that residential insecurity, defined as difficulties with housing, increased by 62% between 2018 and 2025.
Researchers identified unemployment and rent inflation as primary factors contributing to extreme poverty. According to the study, a 10% increase in the unemployment rate correlates with a 13% rise in food insecurity and a 10% increase in residential insecurity. Inflation is also cited as responsible for 52% of the rise in homelessness since 2018. The study suggests that public policies addressing labour markets and housing availability can help prevent people from falling into extreme poverty, but notes that macroeconomic factors have less impact on helping those already in poverty to exit it.
Disagreement on the scale of poverty increase
One report states that the number of people living in extreme poverty increased by 37% between 2018 and 2025. Other reports do not provide a specific percentage for the increase in extreme poverty during this period.
What the coverage left out
None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mentioned the specific demographic breakdown of those using Restos du coeur services, such as the percentage of unemployed individuals, students, people with disabilities, or retirees, as detailed in the full report from Sud Ouest.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 7 times, most recently on 5 Oct 2026, 08:30, and will add the sides that appear.
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Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade
franceinfo.fr — embedded from source

5,5 millions de personnes ont eu recours eu moins une fois à l’aide alimentaire des Restos du coeur entre 2018 et 2025, soit 8 % de la population française. (Photo d’illustration)
Le Huffington Post — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
4 rated outlets
- Left-rated reports highlighted the study's findings on the risk of food insecurity for one in ten French people within the next decade. They also emphasised the significant increase in residential insecurity, with one report noting a 62% rise between 2018 and 2025. The role of inflation in homelessness, with one report stating it was responsible for 52% of the rise, was also a focus. The left-rated reports also drew attention to the study's conclusion that public policies have limited effect on helping those already in extreme poverty to exit it, quoting Yves Mérillon of Restos du Coeur on the difficulty of leaving poverty once entrenched.
Centre
3 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports led with the study's projection that one in ten people in France risks food insecurity in the coming decade. They also reported on the increase in residential insecurity, noting that millions of people have sought assistance from the Restos du coeur since 2018. The link between unemployment and increased food and residential insecurity was also a point of emphasis. The centre-rated reports mentioned the study's use of millions of data points from the Restos du coeur as a significant aspect of the research.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The right-rated report mentioned that 5.5 million people used food aid from the Restos du coeur at least once between 2018 and 2025.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 50% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 13% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade biased?
- Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Study: One in Ten French People Risk Food Insecurity in Next Decade?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the main finding of the study on food insecurity in France?
- The study, based on data from the Restos du coeur, estimates that one in ten people in France risks falling into food insecurity within the next decade. This highlights a significant potential increase in the number of individuals unable to consistently access adequate food.
- How has residential insecurity changed in France according to the study?
- Residential insecurity, which refers to difficulties in securing stable and adequate housing, has increased by 62% between 2018 and 2025. This indicates a growing problem with homelessness and precarious living situations among the population studied.
- What factors does the study identify as contributing to poverty?
- The study points to unemployment and rising rent prices as key factors that lead people into extreme poverty. It also notes that inflation is a significant contributor to the rise in homelessness, responsible for over half of the increase since 2018.
- What is the difference in reported increases in extreme poverty?
- One report states that the number of people living in extreme poverty increased by 37% between 2018 and 2025. However, other reports do not provide a specific percentage for this increase, focusing instead on other aspects of the study.
Read it at the source
12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- The Number of People Living in Extreme Poverty Increased by 37% Between 2018 and 2025, According to a Study by the Restos Du Coeur (opens franceinfo.fr in a new tab)
franceinfo.fr — is franceinfo.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- This Rare Study on Food Insecurity in France Reveals a Worrying Figure (opens Le Huffington Post in a new tab)
Le Huffington Post — is Le Huffington Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- One in Ten People at Risk of Using Food Aid in the Decade (opens Mediapart in a new tab)
- Extreme Poverty and Ways to Reduce It Analysed in a Study, Thanks to Data From the Restos Du Coeur (opens Le Monde in a new tab)
Centre
3- Food Insecurity: One in Ten People at Risk in France Within 10 Years (opens Sud Ouest in a new tab)
- A Vast Study Alerts on "the Extent of Precariousness" From Millions of Data From the Restos Du Coeur, a First (opens TF1 INFO in a new tab)
- Reportage France - In France, No Longer Able to Meet Its Food and Residential Needs, a Reality on the Rise (opens Radio France Internationale in a new tab)
Radio France Internationale — is Radio France Internationale biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
1Not rated
4- The Phenomenon "Remains a Blind Spot in Economic Studies": One Frenchman in Ten Risks Falling Into Food Insecurity According to a Study (opens nicematin.com in a new tab)
nicematin.com — is nicematin.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Great Poverty: an Unprecedented Study Based on Data From the Restos Du Coeur (opens Infodujour.fr in a new tab)
Infodujour.fr — is Infodujour.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Unemployment, Rent Prices: How French People Turn Into Great Poverty (opens La Croix in a new tab)
La Croix — is La Croix biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Homelessness, Unsanitary Housing or Too Small: Residential Insecurity Has Jumped 62% Since 2018 (opens ici.fr in a new tab)
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