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

SDG11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Annual mean PM₁₀ concentrations at urban background stations
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-15.8% from 2018 to 2023

14.4 μg/m³
Favourable
Chart data: Annual mean PM₁₀ concentrations at urban background stations
Year Value
2018 17.1
2019 16.3
2020 15.1
2021 15.4
2022 16.5
2023 14.4

Proportion of the population living in overcrowded housing
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-0.3 point from 2013 to 2020

8.1%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Proportion of the population living in overcrowded housing
Year Value (%)
2013 8.4
2020 8.1

Artificialized land
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+0.4 point from 2017 to 2022

9.5%
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Artificialized land
Year Value (%)
2017 9.1
2018 9.2
2019 9.3
2020 9.4
2021 9.4
2022 9.5

Recycled municipal waste
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+0.8 point from 2017 to 2022***

41.0%
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Recycled municipal waste
Year Value (%)
2017 40.2
2018 40.7
2019 41
2020 41.7
2021 43.8
2022 41

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

Note: estimated data


Measuring stations exceeding the daily threshold for long-term human health protection for PM₁₀ during the year – urban areas with more than 250,000 inhabitants
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+0.07 point from 2018 to 2023

0.95%
Unfavourable
Chart data: Measuring stations exceeding the daily threshold for long-term human health protection for PM₁₀ during the year – urban areas with more than 250,000 inhabitants
Year Value (%)
2018 0.88
2019 0.87
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0.92
2023 0.95

Measuring stations exceeding the daily threshold for long-term human health protection for PM₁₀ during the year – urban areas with 50,000 to 250,000 inhabitants
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+0.08 point from 2018 to 2023

0.77%
Unfavourable
Chart data: Measuring stations exceeding the daily threshold for long-term human health protection for PM₁₀ during the year – urban areas with 50,000 to 250,000 inhabitants
Year Value (%)
2018 0.69
2019 0.72
2020 0
2021 3.6
2022 0.77
2023 0.77

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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