Environment in France

4,505 indicators covering environment for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Wood fuel — Import value 15,340 1000 USD 2024 down 48.1% 14th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 149,642 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.3% 37th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 1.93 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 29.4% 18th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.66 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.0% 17th
Land use hidden — Forest 175,032 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.0% 36th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 25,390 Square kilometres 2023 up 16.2% 19th
Wood residues — Import quantity 633,343 m3 2024 down 25.4% 5th
Wood residues — Import value 34,250 1000 USD 2024 down 59.6% 5th
Watermelons — Gross Production Index Number 105.51 2017 up 11.6% 53rd
Watermelons — Gross per capita Production Index Number 104.9 2017 up 6.7% 52nd
Industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.3456 m3 per person 2024 down 11.0% 38th
Charcoal — Energy consumption 3,059 TJ 2024 down 18.3% 54th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 24.43 billion billion cubic meters 2022 down 13.0% 31st
Pulp for paper — Production 1.48 million t 2024 down 8.5% 20th
Graphic papers — Production 813,000 t 2024 down 68.6% 22nd
Household and sanitary papers — Production 827,000 t 2024 up 0.9% 12th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.1118 m3 per person 2024 down 14.6% 45th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.7% 93rd
Wood residues — Export quantity 1.04 million m3 2024 up 29.2% 2nd
Wood residues — Export value 31,707 1000 USD 2024 down 42.4% 4th
Wood fuel — Export quantity 558,150 m3 2024 down 15.0% 3rd
Wood fuel — Export value 33,804 1000 USD 2024 up 28.4% 8th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.1% 102nd
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 21.38 2022 down 13.0% 67th
Printing and writing papers — Production 513,000 t 2024 down 70.1% 24th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 188,323 m3 2024 down 41.3% 23rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 42,377 1000 USD 2024 down 37.4% 19th
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 108.49 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 28.2% 40th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 1.75 Mt CO2e 2024 down 3.2% 3rd
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.6% 95th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 831,782 m3 2024 down 30.2% 15th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import value 64,908 1000 USD 2024 down 32.0% 19th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import quantity 831,782 m3 2024 down 30.2% 15th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 64,908 1000 USD 2024 down 32.0% 19th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per capita 0.2177 m3 per person 2024 down 13.2% 36th
Wood chips and particles — Export quantity 357,177 m3 2024 down 34.0% 21st
Wood chips and particles — Export value 19,052 1000 USD 2024 down 49.3% 30th
Other industrial roundwood, coniferous (production) — Production 221,000 m3 2024 down 30.2% 29th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0619 m3 per person 2024 down 11.2% 44th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.7% 85th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 36,532 1000 USD 2024 up 5.9% 20th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 177,888 m3 2024 down 28.2% 23rd
Industrial roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 43.96 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% 33rd
Household and sanitary papers — Export quantity 70,591 t 2024 down 5.1% 18th
Household and sanitary papers — Export value 129,073 1000 USD 2024 down 3.9% 15th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.9% 86th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 1.84 million m3 2024 down 13.6% 5th
Wood chips and particles — Import quantity 657,582 m3 2024 down 10.2% 21st
Wood chips and particles — Import value 37,512 1000 USD 2024 down 20.9% 21st
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 264,952 1000 USD 2024 up 21.7% 4th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square 14.22 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% 35th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export quantity 1,229 t 2024 down 97.1% 22nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export value 5,361 1000 USD 2024 down 83.9% 14th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Production 5,000 t 2024 down 93.8% 42nd
Particle board — Import quantity 615,347 m3 2024 up 29.3% 12th
Particle board — Import value 298,109 1000 USD 2024 up 19.8% 6th
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals 21.6% 2022 up 12.6% 88th
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.008 m3 per person 2024 down 12.4% 80th
Inland waters — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 down 3.3% 83rd
Inland waters — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.5% 119th