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

SDG14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

macro-waste on mainland coast (median abundance)
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-6.4% from 2019 to 2023

309 number per 100 meter of beach
Favourable
Chart data: macro-waste on mainland coast (median abundance)
Year Value
2019 330,00
2020 459,00
2021 349,00
2022 210,00
2023 309,00

Seaboards and overseas basins with a strategy document (adopted or in progress)
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+25 points from 2019 to 2024

88%
Favourable
Chart data: Seaboards and overseas basins with a strategy document (adopted or in progress)
Year Value
2019 63,00
2020 63,00
2021 75,00
2022 88,00
2023 88,00
2024 88,00

Marine protected areas
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+9.6 points from 2018 to 2023

31.9%
Favourable
Chart data: Marine protected areas
Year Value
2018 22,30
2019 23,30
2020 23,30
2021 30,50
2022 30,50
2023 31,90

Pollution reports (POLREP) confirmed by authorities
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+4.5% from 2018 to 2023

164
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Pollution reports (POLREP) confirmed by authorities
Year Value
2018 157,00
2019 172,00
2020 109,00
2021 155,00
2022 139,00
2023 164,00

Note: provisional 2023 data


Nitrogen flux to seas from nitrates
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+21.3% from 2016 to 2021

570.9 kt/year
Unfavourable
Chart data: Nitrogen flux to seas from nitrates
Year Value
2016 470,80
2017 442,40
2018 480,30
2019 461,20
2020 599,90
2021 570,90

Phosphorous flux to seas
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+45.1% from 2016 to 2021

17.7 kt/year
Unfavourable
Chart data: Phosphorous flux to seas
Year Value
2016 12,20
2017 12,20
2018 15,20
2019 11,90
2020 15,80
2021 17,70

Coastal and transitional water bodies with good ecological status
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Impossible to measure progress

46,0%
Not assessable
Chart data: Coastal and transitional water bodies with good ecological status
Year Value
2021 46,00

Note: provisional 2021 data


Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Pacific and Scattered Islands
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single value in 2020

70%
Not assessable
Chart data: Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Pacific and Scattered Islands
Year Value
2020 70,00

Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Antilles, Mayotte, Réunion
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single value in 2020

38%
Not assessable
Chart data: Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Antilles, Mayotte, Réunion
Year Value
2020 38,00

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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