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

SDG12 – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Domestic material consumption per capita
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-5.1% from 2017 to 2022

11.2 tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Domestic material consumption per capita
Year Value
2017 11.8
2018 11.6
2019 11.9
2020 10.8
2021 11.9
2022 11.2

Material footprint per capita
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-8.2% from 2017 to 2022

13.4 tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Material footprint per capita
Year Value
2017 14.6
2018 14.3
2019 14.4
2020 13
2021 14.3
2022 13.4

Note: estimated 2022 data


Hazardous waste producted
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-5.8% from 2018 to 2022

11.4 million tonnes
Favourable
Chart data: Hazardous waste producted
Year Value
2018 12.1
2020 11.2
2022 11.4

Jobs in the circular economy (full-time equivalent)
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+20.1% from 2016 to 2021

810,900 FTE
Favourable
Chart data: Jobs in the circular economy (full-time equivalent)
Year Value
2016 675,400
2017 698,400
2018 726,400
2019 755,000
2020 737,700
2021 810,900

Hazardous and non-hazardous waste producted
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+0.6% from 2018 to 2022

345.5 million tonnes
Moderately unfavourable
Chart data: Hazardous and non-hazardous waste producted
Year Value
2018 343.6
2020 309.4
2022 345.5

Food loss and waste per capita
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Impossible to measure progress

139 kg
Not assessable
Chart data: Food loss and waste per capita
Year Value
2020 129
2021 129
2022 139

Regional industrial ecology projects
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single value in 2022

186
Not assessable
Chart data: Regional industrial ecology projects
Year Value
2022 186

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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