Environment in France

4,505 indicators covering environment for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fibreboard — Export quantity 853,242 m3 2024 down 20.5% 9th
Fibreboard — Export value 288,924 1000 USD 2024 down 16.7% 12th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 6.62 % change on previous year 2024 down 6.7% 22nd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.269 m3 per person 2024 down 8.2% 33rd
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -0.7023 % change on previous year 2024 down 113.8% 126th
Forest land — Area 17,795 1000 ha 2025 up 5.7% 45th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 15,439 1000 ha 2025 up 5.7% 43rd
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 86.76 % 2025 up 0.0% 160th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 7.71 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% 11th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 4.66 % change on previous year 2024 up 190.2% 92nd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 51,506 t 2024 up 305.5% 12th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 330,273 1000 USD 2024 up 120.5% 2nd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 1.00 million m3 2024 up 37.4% 19th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 224,193 m3 2024 up 39.8% 3rd
Other fibreboard — Import value 79,174 1000 USD 2024 up 65.2% 3rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 42nd
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% 31st
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.33 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 24.6% 39th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 242,574 1000 USD 2024 up 73.4% 20th
Planted Forest — Area 2,356 1000 ha 2025 up 5.6% 32nd
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 13.24 % 2025 down 0.2% 84th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 6.49 million m3 2024 up 2.1% 16th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.7602 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% 23rd
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 6.36 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 27.6% 21st
Total fibre furnish — Export value 672,143 1000 USD 2024 down 9.2% 17th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 3.83 % change on previous year 2024 up 178.7% 68th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 2.89 million t 2024 down 13.3% 13th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 26,187 t 2024 down 56.7% 35th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0007 t per person 2024 up 20.9% 115th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.6% 109th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0352 m3 per person 2024 down 1.3% 36th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.6% 114th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.2% 114th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.4% 118th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.6605 t per square kilometre 2023 down 20.8% 20th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.6989 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.7% 24th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.6 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.1% 17th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.6753 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.7% 13th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 3.4 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.4% 11th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 3.33 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% 12th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.4% 60th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.5% 28th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.0% 33rd
Emissions of air pollutants 820,688 tonnes 2022 down 40.5% 32nd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.1% 58th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 33rd
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 2.21 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% 18th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 4.25 t per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% 19th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.5369 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 184.0% 20th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 724,610 t 2024 down 61.8% 20th
Graphic papers — Export value 940,662 1000 USD 2024 down 52.4% 16th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.5518 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 156.0% 21st
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 6.96 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% 17th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 6.13 t per square kilometre 2023 down 22.1% 17th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, annual growth rate 14.03 % change on previous year 2024 up 248.9% 54th
Wood-based panels — Export value, per square kilometre 2.2 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% 22nd
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre 4.06 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 27.0% 24th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.44 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% 39th
Heat Index 35 0 2020 121st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 235,268 t 2024 down 15.7% 48th