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Environment, energy & climate

France · 21 indicators

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Environment, energy & climate

France — GHG emissions

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Total greenhouse-gas emissions, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent; cutting it is the climate goal.
378MtCO2e
2024
Source: World Bank· Data 2024
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Electricity production by source

548TWh
Total production · 2024
Source: SDES — Bilan physique de l'électricité· Data 2024
 
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France — Renewable energy share

Share of renewables in energy consumption; the higher, the more decarbonised the mix.
16.2%
2021
Source: World Bank· Data 2021
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Air quality (PM2.5)

Average concentration of fine PM2.5 particles in the air; above WHO thresholds, health is at risk.
8.23µg/m3
2023
Source: World Bank· Data 2023
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Waste & recycling

Share of waste recycled rather than landfilled or burned; tracks circular-economy progress.
52.3%
2022
Source: Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)· Data 2022
Upd. 08/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Forest cover

Share of land covered by forest; a carbon sink and a biodiversity marker.
32.9%
2024
Source: World Bank· Data 2024
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Household electricity price

Eurostat band DC (2 500–4 999 kWh/year), all taxes & levies included.
0.27EUR/kWh
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Household natural-gas price

Eurostat band D2 (20–199 GJ/year), all taxes & levies included.
36.05EUR/GJ
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Industrial electricity price

Eurostat band IB (20–499 MWh/year), all taxes & levies included; medium-industry tariff.
0.26EUR/kWh
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Industrial natural-gas price

Eurostat band I3 (10 000–99 999 GJ/year), all taxes & levies included; large-industry tariff.
22.18EUR/GJ
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Energy poverty

Share of population unable to keep their home adequately warm (SDG 7.1 indicator).
9.8%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Utility-bill arrears

Share of population in arrears on utility bills — a financial-stress signal that usually starts with the energy bill.
5.2%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Energy import dependency

Share of energy needs covered by net imports — strategic-autonomy headline figure.
40.1%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Energy productivity

GDP generated per kg of oil equivalent of gross available energy; the Commission's decoupling KPI.
10.32EUR/kgoe
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Renewable share — electricity

Share of electricity generation coming from renewable sources; the electricity-side transition metric.
31.3%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Renewable share — heating & cooling

Share of heating and cooling demand met by renewable sources; the heating-side transition metric.
31.3%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Renewable share — transport

Share of transport energy from renewable sources; the slowest-moving of the three transition sectors for FR.
10.8%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Installed solar PV capacity

Net maximum electrical capacity of solar PV — build-out pace of the most visible renewable technology.
25.1KMW
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026
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France — Installed onshore-wind capacity

Net maximum electrical capacity of onshore wind — the other half of the visible renewable build-out.
22.7KMW
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Alternative-fuel car fleet

Stock of alternative-fuel passenger cars in circulation — EV, hybrid, hydrogen and other low-carbon fleets combined.
1.7M​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026
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France — Heating degree days

Annual sum of degree days below the heating threshold — weather context that helps normalise demand and bills.
2.1K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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