Strategic sector for the economy in France 2021

In 2021, French citizens expressed themselves over the importance of different sectors for the economy in France. The energy sector occupies first place with 89 percent of the votes, immediately followed by the power supply sector, with 88 percent. The foodservice sector and the textile industry earned 79 percent and 61 percent of the votes, respectively, positioning themselves as the least strategic sectors.

For each of the following sector would you say that it is very, quite, not very, or not at all strategic for the economy?

Characteristic	Very strategic	Quite strategic	Not very strategic	Not at all strategic
The energy sector	45%	44%	8%	3%
The power supply sector	40%	48%	10%	2%
The pharmaceutical sector	40%	46%	11%	3%
The tourism sector	39%	47%	11%	3%
The banking sector	34%	52%	11%	3%
The agricultural sector	41%	43%	13%	3%
The automotive industry	30%	53%	14%	3%
The foodservice sector	28%	51%	18%	3%
The textile sector	16%	50%	29%	5%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

October 27 to November 4, 2020

Number of respondents

4,009 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Pour chacun des secteurs suivants diriez-vous qu’il est très, assez, peu ou pas du tout stratégique pour l’économie française ?"

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