Environment in France

4,505 indicators covering environment for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -28.7% 2024 down 90.5% 173rd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -43.0% 2024 down 36.8% 193rd
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -28.8% 2024 down 103.6% 176th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 69,831 t 2024 down 6.7% 9th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 5,924 t 2024 down 4.4% 22nd
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 31,861 t 2024 down 7.5% 8th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.0384 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.9% 42nd
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 29,077 t 2024 down 6.3% 11th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 28,829 t 2024 down 87.5% 49th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 39.18 % change on previous year 2024 up 20.2% 31st
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 1,831 t 2024 down 35.5% 10th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 1,137 t 2024 up 211.5% 13th
Forest land — Share in Land area 32.85 % 2024 up 5.7% 126th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.2% 39th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.5% 39th
Other land — Area 7,926 1000 ha 2024 down 5.4% 63rd
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.32 g/Int$ 2024 up 6.5% 62nd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 441,588 TJ 2024 up 11.6% 17th
Fuelwood — Energy production 389,355 TJ 2024 up 14.3% 13th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 456,163 t 2024 up 8.0% 17th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 313,292 1000 USD 2024 up 16.2% 17th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0052 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% 34th
Asses — Stocks 30,000 An 2017 down 4.9% 50th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 370,110 kg 2017 down 4.9% 61st
Asses — Manure left on pasture 355,306 kg 2017 down 4.9% 62nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 71,061 kg 2017 down 4.9% 62nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 106,592 kg 2017 down 4.9% 62nd
Asses — Manure management 14,804 kg 2017 down 4.9% 48th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2017 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 14,804 kg 2017 down 4.9% 48th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 2,961 kg 2017 down 4.9% 48th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 4,441 kg 2017 down 4.9% 48th
Veneer sheets — Production 157,000 m3 2024 up 69.7% 31st
Recovered paper — Export value 351,383 1000 USD 2024 down 19.6% 5th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 2.42 million t 2024 down 15.3% 4th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 595,176 TJ 2024 up 13.4% 15th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 15,467 t 2024 down 7.5% 10th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 28,284 1000 USD 2024 down 8.7% 10th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 341,173 TJ 2024 up 3.0% 17th
Municipal water withdrawal 5.28 billion cubic meters 2023 down 3.7% 20th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 299,883 TJ 2024 up 4.7% 13th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 492,482 TJ 2024 up 7.4% 12th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2017 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0.06 %LSU 2017 unchanged 97th
Asses — Stocks 15,000 LSU 2017 down 4.9% 49th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 131,017 t 2024 up 97.0% 9th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 204,606 1000 USD 2024 up 77.3% 6th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 1.96 Mt CO2e 2024 down 24.0% 16th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 1.97 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 26.8% 17th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.67 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% 16th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 1.87 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% 18th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.57 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% 17th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 8.23 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 42.4% 169th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 5.59 % change on previous year 2024 up 130.4% 28th
Charcoal — Energy production 1,475 TJ 2024 up 25.0% 65th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 422,184 t 2024 up 0.2% 16th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 284,584 1000 USD 2024 up 6.1% 16th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 200,128 m3 2024 down 5.1% 8th