Trends in France for achieving the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDG)

SDG6 – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Distributed water that is non-compliant with microbiological parameters
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-0.1 points from 2016 to 2020

1.6% of samples
Favourable
Chart data: Distributed water that is non-compliant with microbiological parameters
Year Value
2016 1,70
2017 1,90
2018 2,00
2019 2,00
2020 1,60

Compliance rate of non-collective sanitation systems
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+0.7 points from 2015 to 2020

61.5%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Compliance rate of non-collective sanitation systems
Year Value
2015 60,80
2016 59,90
2017 58,40
2018 57,90
2019 58,80
2020 61,50

Efficiency of drinking water networks
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+0.4 points from 2015 to 2020

80.1%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Efficiency of drinking water networks
Year Value
2015 79,70
2016 79,90
2017 79,80
2018 79,90
2019 80,40
2020 80,10

Proportion of local public water utilities with advisory committees (CCSPL) among those legally required to have them
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+1 point from 2012 to 2017

87%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Proportion of local public water utilities with advisory committees (CCSPL) among those legally required to have them
Year Value
2012 86,00
2013 86,00
2014 86,00
2015 86,00
2016 87,00
2017 87,00

Compliance rate of collective sanitation systems with performance standards
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-4.4 points from 2015 to 2020

90.7%
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Compliance rate of collective sanitation systems with performance standards
Year Value
2015 95,10
2016 97,80
2017 97,60
2018 98,60
2019 92,60
2020 90,70

Volume of water withdrawals
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-3%*** from 2014 to 2019

31,442 billion m³
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Volume of water withdrawals
Year Value
2014 32 415,00
2015 33 113,00
2016 31 151,00
2017 32 243,00
2018 32 332,00
2019 31 442,00

*** Insufficient progress with regard to the target to be reached.


Distributed water that is non-compliant with physico-chemical parameters
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Impossible to measure progress

2.3% of samples
Not assessable
Chart data: Distributed water that is non-compliant with physico-chemical parameters
Year Value
2016 1,80
2017 1,80
2018 2,30
2019 2,30
2020 2,30

Surface water bodies with good ecological status
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Impossible to measure progress

43.1% of water bodies
Not assessable
Chart data: Surface water bodies with good ecological status
Year Value
2018 43,10

Surface water bodies with good chemical status
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Impossible to measure progress

69.1% of water bodies
Not assessable
Chart data: Surface water bodies with good chemical status
Year Value
2015 69,10

Source: INSEE, Dashboard of national indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals – published June 2023. Statistics processed by SDES (ministerial Statistical Data and Studies Department) - Only available in French. (Insee, Tableau de bord des indicateurs pour le suivi national des objectifs de développement durable - paru en juin 2023. Traitements SDES)

*Change: since the latest available value, change over a period of 5 years (longer or shorter depending on data availability).

**Latest value: value corresponding to the last year of the trend graph.

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