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

-21.2% from 2019 to 2024

YearValue
2019490,00
2020405,00
2021353,00
2022209,00
2023309,00
2024386,00
386 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 2020 to 2025

YearValue
202062,00
202175,00
202288,00
202388,00
202488,00
202588,00
88%
Favourable

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

+10.3 points from 2019 to 2024

YearValue
201923,30
202023,30
202130,50
202230,50
202331,90
202433,60
33.6%
Favourable

Nitrogen flux to seas from nitrates (Atlantic and Channel-North Sea 's coastes)
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

-1.7% from 2018 to 2023

YearValue
2018406,30
2019393,50
2020470,90
2021443,90
2022402,90
2023399,30
399.3 kt/year***
Moderately favourable

*** Three-year moving average.


Phosphorous flux to seas (Atlantic and Channel-North Sea 's coastes)
Change*Latest value**Trend for achieving the SDG by 2030

+27.5% from 2018 to 2023

YearValue
20189,50
20199,40
202011,40
202111,20
202210,40
202312,10
12.1 kt/year***
Unfavourable

*** Three-year moving average.


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

+7.0% from 2019 to 2024

YearValue
2019172,00
2020109,00
2021155,00
2022139,00
2023164,00
2024184,00
184
Unfavourable

Note: provisional 2024 data


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%***
Not assessable

*** average of %

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 May 2026. 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 mai 2026. 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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