Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in France
France: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 34.45 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in France, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in France is 34.45 Index, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in France peaked at 163.89 Index in 1991 and was at its lowest, 34.45 Index, in 2024.
France ranks 33rd of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in France, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 159.7 Index | — |
| 1991 | 163.89 Index | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 154.47 Index | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 146.08 Index | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 135.95 Index | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 133.61 Index | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 126.9 Index | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 118.11 Index | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 114.34 Index | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 107.86 Index | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 95.07 Index | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 93.3 Index | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 90.46 Index | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 93.03 Index | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 86.07 Index | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 77.81 Index | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 74.16 Index | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 71.81 Index | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 64.92 Index | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 71.37 Index | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 58.62 Index | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 55.54 Index | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 57.12 Index | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 47.39 Index | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 47.15 Index | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 48.36 Index | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 46.87 Index | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 44.4 Index | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 43.07 Index | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 37.15 Index | -13.7% |
| 2021 | 41.43 Index | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 37.44 Index | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 34.58 Index | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 34.45 Index | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 136.09 Index | 107.86 Index | 163.89 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.66 Index | 64.92 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.99 Index | 43.07 Index | 71.37 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.01 Index | 34.45 Index | 41.43 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in France?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in France was 34.45 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 163.89 Index in 1991.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.45 Index in 2024.
- How does France rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- France ranks 33rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides selected information on national emissions of air pollutants: man-made emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Categories presented are based on the NFR (nomenclature for reporting) 2014 classification. Details of regroupings can be found in the table of correspondence. Data exclude non man-made emissions and international aviation and maritime transports emissions. For some countries residential mobile emissions (e.g. mowers) are included into “Other combustion” instead of “Other mobile”. Data source(s): (1) The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention), UNECE-EMEP emissions Database, WebDab. EMEP Official; (2) Common Reporting Tables CRT to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables); (3) Replies to the OECD Questionnaire on the State of the Environment and comments from member countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 2026 Database documentation