Climate Change in France

1,491 indicators covering climate change for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Food Packaging — Emissions 1,907 kt 2023 down 1.1% 28th
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 11.45 kt 2023 up 86.3% 20th
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3 kt 2023 down 0.5% 29th
Electricity — Energy use in agriculture 28,174 TJ 2023 down 12.0% 12th
Electricity — Emissions 554.48 kt 2023 down 12.0% 49th
Electricity — Emissions 9.39 kt 2023 down 12.0% 12th
Electricity — Emissions 0.0502 kt 2023 down 11.9% 12th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 986.36 kt 2023 up 0.3% 9th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 24.43 billion cubic meters 2022 down 13.0% 31st
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 12.2% 2022 down 13.0% 81st
Access to electricity, urban, Percent of urban population 100 2022 unchanged 1st
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.3% 22nd
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 14.9% 73rd
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% 18th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.4% 22nd
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 14.9% 75th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% 18th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.3% 22nd
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 14.8% 75th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% 18th
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.1903 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% 22nd
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 up 14.8% 75th
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 24.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% 18th
Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions 0.8% 2025 down 21.2% 178th
Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions 0.2% 2025 down 30.9% 158th
Temperature anomalies vs. latitude 0.7794 °C 2025 up 41.6% 82nd
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL 1 2025 down 66.7% 78th
People affected by disaster, Number 1,902 2025 up 153.6% 135th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 114.19 kt 2023 down 59.2% 18th
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.0% 4th
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 4.6% 14th
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre 0.0043 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% 7th
Food Packaging — Emissions 1,907 kt 2023 down 1.1% 22nd
Food Packaging — Emissions 0.4089 kt 2023 up 86.3% 14th
Food Packaging — Emissions 0.0113 kt 2023 down 0.5% 22nd
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,921 kt 2023 down 0.8% 22nd
Oats — Crop residues 4.37 million kg 2050 20th
Oats — Crop residues 0.0841 kt 2050 20th
Oats — Crop residues 0.0686 kt 2050 20th
Oats — Crop residues 0.0154 kt 2050 20th
Forest fires — Emissions 1.75 kt 2024 down 99.5% 108th
Other forest — Emissions 1.75 kt 2024 down 99.5% 88th
Annual CO₂ emissions 264.16 million tonnes 2024 down 19.4% 24th
Annual CO₂ emissions by world region 264.16 million tonnes 2024 down 19.4% 24th
Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions 264.16 million tonnes 2024 down 19.4% 24th
Carbon dioxide emissions by income level 264.16 million tonnes 2024 down 19.4% 24th
Greenhouse gas emissions 337.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 15.9% 28th
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry 294.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 19.3% 26th
Methane emissions 62.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 16.9% 27th
Nitrous oxide emissions 32.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 16.1% 15th
CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry 170.69 million tonnes 2024 down 13.6% 14th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.3% 100th
Per capita methane emissions 0.9438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 19.2% 103rd
Per capita CO₂ emissions by fuel type 2.56 tonnes per person 2024 down 16.0% 69th
Annual CO₂ emissions from oil 170.69 million tonnes 2024 down 13.6% 14th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil 2.56 tonnes per person 2024 down 16.0% 69th
Annual CO₂ emissions from cement 5.68 million tonnes 2024 down 18.6% 30th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from cement 0.0853 tonnes per person 2024 down 20.9% 93rd
Carbon intensity of energy 105.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.6% 196th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions -6.11 million tonnes 2024 up 81.0% 205th