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)
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

-6.4% from 2019 to 2023

YearValue
2019330,00
2020459,00
2021349,00
2022210,00
2023309,00
309 number per 100 meter of beach
Favourable

Seaboards and overseas basins with a strategy document (adopted or in progress)
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+25 points from 2019 to 2024

YearValue
201963,00
202063,00
202175,00
202288,00
202388,00
202488,00
88%
Favourable

Marine protected areas
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+9.6 points from 2018 to 2023

YearValue
201822,30
201923,30
202023,30
202130,50
202230,50
202331,90
31.9%
Favourable

Pollution reports (POLREP) confirmed by authorities
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+4.5% from 2018 to 2023

YearValue
2018157,00
2019172,00
2020109,00
2021155,00
2022139,00
2023164,00
164
Moderately unfavourable

Note: provisional 2023 data


Nitrogen flux to seas from nitrates
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+21.3% from 2016 to 2021

YearValue
2016470,80
2017442,40
2018480,30
2019461,20
2020599,90
2021570,90
570.9 kt/year
Unfavourable

Phosphorous flux to seas
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+45.1% from 2016 to 2021

YearValue
201612,20
201712,20
201815,20
201911,90
202015,80
202117,70
17.7 kt/year
Unfavourable

Coastal and transitional water bodies with good ecological status
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

Impossible to measure progress

YearValue
202146,00
46,0%
Not assessable

Note: provisional 2021 data


Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Pacific and Scattered Islands
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

single value in 2020

YearValue
202070,00
70%
Not assessable

Coral reefs in good or optimal health – Antilles, Mayotte, Réunion
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

single value in 2020

YearValue
202038,00
38%
Not assessable

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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