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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-0.4 point from 2017 to 2022

1.5% of samples
Favourable
Chart data: Distributed water that is non-compliant with microbiological parameters
Year Value
2017 1,90
2018 2,00
2019 2,00
2020 1,60
2021 1,50
2022 1,50

Compliance rate of non-collective sanitation systems
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+3.5 points from 2017 to 2022

61.9%
Favourable
Chart data: Compliance rate of non-collective sanitation systems
Year Value
2017 58,40
2018 57,90
2019 58,80
2020 61,50
2021 63,40
2022 61,90

Efficiency of drinking water networks
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+1.5 points from 2017 to 2022

81.3%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Efficiency of drinking water networks
Year Value
2017 79,80
2018 79,90
2019 80,40
2020 80,10
2021 81,50
2022 81,30

Volume of water withdrawals
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-5.1% from 2016 to 2021

29,543 billion m³
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Volume of water withdrawals
Year Value
2016 31 131,00
2017 32 220,00
2018 32 292,00
2019 31 382,00
2020 29 971,00
2021 29 543,00

Proportion of local public potable water utilities with advisory committees (CCSPL) among those legally required to have them
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+0.8 point from 2018 to 2023

96.2%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Proportion of local public potable water utilities with advisory committees (CCSPL) among those legally required to have them
Year Value
2018 95,40
2019 95,40
2020 95,70
2021 96,60
2022 96,40
2023 96,20

Note: provisional 2022 to 2023 data


Compliance rate of collective sanitation systems with performance standards
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-5.7 points from 2017 to 2022

91.9%
Unfavourable
Chart data: Compliance rate of collective sanitation systems with performance standards
Year Value
2017 97,60
2018 98,60
2019 92,60
2020 90,70
2021 89,00
2022 91,90

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

1.2% of samples
Not assessable
Chart data: Distributed water that is non-compliant with physico-chemical parameters
Year Value
2022 1,20

Surface water bodies with good ecological status
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Impossible to measure progress

43.6% of water bodies
Not assessable
Chart data: Surface water bodies with good ecological status
Year Value
2021 43,60

Ground water bodies with good chemical status
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Impossible to measure progress

67.9% of water bodies
Not assessable
Chart data: Ground water bodies with good chemical status
Year Value
2021 67,90

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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