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

SDG9 – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Share of collective transport in passenger transport (excluding air)
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+1.0 point from 2018 to 2023

16.7% of passenger-km
Favourable
Chart data: Share of collective transport in passenger transport (excluding air)
Year Value
2018 15,70
2019 16,00
2020 12,20
2021 13,60
2022 15,50
2023 16,70

Greenhouse gaz emissions per unit of value added
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-12.1% from 2017 to 2022

142.1 t CO₂ eq./million USD
Favourable
Chart data: Greenhouse gaz emissions per unit of value added
Year Value
2017 161,60
2018 154,70
2019 148,70
2020 146,10
2021 149,50
2022 142,10

Government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D
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+22.9% from 2019 to 2024

18,924.2 million euros
Favourable
Chart data: Government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D
Year Value
2019 15 392,70
2020 16 044,80
2021 16 257,90
2022 16 745,70
2023 18 265,70
2024 18 924,20

Share of road transport in freight transport
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+1.5 points from 2018 to 2023

89.3% of tonne-km
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Share of road transport in freight transport
Year Value
2018 87,80
2019 88,00
2020 88,50
2021 87,60
2022 87,80
2023 89,30

Approval rate for credit applications from very small businesses (VSEs)
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-3.2 points from 2018 to 2023

65.8%
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Approval rate for credit applications from very small businesses (VSEs)
Year Value
2018 69,00
2019 71,00
2020 87,00
2021 79,00
2022 76,80
2023 65,80

Research intensity
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+0.02 point from 2018 to 2023***

2.22% of GDP
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Research intensity
Year Value
2018 2,00
2019 2,19
2020 2,28
2021 2,22
2022 2,22
2023 2,22

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

Note: estimated 2023 data


Research personnel (full-time equivalent)
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single value in 2022

501,374 FTE
Not assessable
Chart data: Research personnel (full-time equivalent)
Year Value
2022 501 374,00

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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