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

SDG12 – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Domestic material consumption per capita
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-5.1% from 2017 to 2022

11.2 tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Domestic material consumption per capita
Year Value
2017 11,80
2018 11,60
2019 11,90
2020 10,80
2021 11,90
2022 11,20

Material footprint per capita
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-8.2% from 2017 to 2022

13.4 tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Material footprint per capita
Year Value
2017 14,60
2018 14,30
2019 14,40
2020 13,00
2021 14,30
2022 13,40

Note: estimated 2022 data


Hazardous waste producted
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-5.8% from 2018 to 2022

11.4 million tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Hazardous waste producted
Year Value
2018 12,10
2020 11,20
2022 11,40

Jobs in the circular economy (full-time equivalent)
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+20.1% from 2016 to 2021

810,900 FTE
Favourable
Chart data: Jobs in the circular economy (full-time equivalent)
Year Value
2016 675 400,00
2017 698 400,00
2018 726 400,00
2019 755 000,00
2020 737 700,00
2021 810 900,00

Hazardous and non-hazardous waste producted
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+0.6% from 2018 to 2022

345.5 million tonnes
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Hazardous and non-hazardous waste producted
Year Value
2018 343,60
2020 309,40
2022 345,50

Food loss and waste per capita
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Impossible to measure progress

139 kg
Not assessable
Chart data: Food loss and waste per capita
Year Value
2020 129,00
2021 129,00
2022 139,00

Regional industrial ecology projects
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single value in 2022

186
Not assessable
Chart data: Regional industrial ecology projects
Year Value
2022 186,00

Source: INSEE, Dashboard of national indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals – published February 2025. 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 février 2025. 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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