emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France

France: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was -4.64 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
-4.64 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 146.4%
World rank
211th
of 219 countries
All-time high
20.42 % change on previous year
in 1946
All-time low
-18.04 % change on previous year
in 2011
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France, 1751–2022

-20-1001020175118862022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France is -4.64 % change on previous year, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of down 146.4% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France peaked at 20.42 % change on previous year in 1946 and was at its lowest, -18.04 % change on previous year, in 2011.

That places France 211th out of 219 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.0641 % change on previous year —
1752 0.0628 % change on previous year -1.9%
1753 0.062 % change on previous year -1.4%
1754 0.0607 % change on previous year -2.0%
1755 0.0598 % change on previous year -1.5%
1756 0.0586 % change on previous year -2.0%
1757 0.0577 % change on previous year -1.5%
1758 0.0565 % change on previous year -2.1%
1759 0.0555 % change on previous year -1.9%
1760 0.0546 % change on previous year -1.6%
1761 0.0534 % change on previous year -2.2%
1762 0.0523 % change on previous year -2.0%
1763 0.0513 % change on previous year -2.0%
1764 0.0502 % change on previous year -2.0%
1765 0.0492 % change on previous year -2.1%
1766 0.0482 % change on previous year -2.1%
1767 0.0471 % change on previous year -2.2%
1768 0.0461 % change on previous year -2.2%
1769 0.0451 % change on previous year -2.2%
1770 0.044 % change on previous year -2.3%
1771 0.043 % change on previous year -2.3%
1772 0.042 % change on previous year -2.4%
1773 0.0408 % change on previous year -2.9%
1774 0.0399 % change on previous year -2.1%
1775 0.0389 % change on previous year -2.6%
1776 0.0377 % change on previous year -3.1%
1777 0.0368 % change on previous year -2.3%
1778 0.0358 % change on previous year -2.8%
1779 0.0346 % change on previous year -3.3%
1780 0.0336 % change on previous year -2.9%
1781 0.0327 % change on previous year -2.5%
1782 0.0316 % change on previous year -3.6%
1783 0.0307 % change on previous year -2.7%
1784 0.0295 % change on previous year -3.9%
1785 0.0285 % change on previous year -3.4%
1786 0.0275 % change on previous year -3.6%
1787 0.0267 % change on previous year -3.1%
1788 0.0255 % change on previous year -4.4%
1789 0.0245 % change on previous year -4.0%
1790 0.0235 % change on previous year -4.1%
1791 0.0224 % change on previous year -4.3%
1792 0.0214 % change on previous year -4.5%
1793 0.0204 % change on previous year -4.7%
1794 0.0194 % change on previous year -4.9%
1795 0.0184 % change on previous year -5.2%
1796 0.0174 % change on previous year -5.5%
1797 0.0162 % change on previous year -6.7%
1798 0.0154 % change on previous year -5.2%
1799 0.0144 % change on previous year -6.5%
1800 0.0134 % change on previous year -7.0%
1801 0.5008 % change on previous year +3644.5%
1802 1.84 % change on previous year +268.1%
1803 -0.8406 % change on previous year -145.6%
1804 1.78 % change on previous year -312.0%
1805 -0.8023 % change on previous year -145.0%
1806 0.4734 % change on previous year -159.0%
1807 0.4681 % change on previous year -1.1%
1808 0.4628 % change on previous year -1.1%
1809 0.4577 % change on previous year -1.1%
1810 1.68 % change on previous year +267.6%
1811 0.3134 % change on previous year -81.4%
1812 0.443 % change on previous year +41.4%
1813 0.2499 % change on previous year -43.6%
1814 0.3668 % change on previous year +46.8%
1815 0.4781 % change on previous year +30.3%
1816 0.4222 % change on previous year -11.7%
1817 0.42 % change on previous year -0.5%
1818 0.1717 % change on previous year -59.1%
1819 0.4206 % change on previous year +144.9%
1820 0.5093 % change on previous year +21.1%
1821 0.2223 % change on previous year -56.4%
1822 0.2463 % change on previous year +10.8%
1823 0.1577 % change on previous year -36.0%
1824 0.3457 % change on previous year +119.2%
1825 0.3924 % change on previous year +13.5%
1826 0.2226 % change on previous year -43.3%
1827 1.13 % change on previous year +409.0%
1828 0.3238 % change on previous year -71.4%
1829 0.0537 % change on previous year -83.4%
1830 0.3952 % change on previous year +636.0%
1831 0.0246 % change on previous year -93.8%
1832 0.6185 % change on previous year +2414.3%
1833 0.5813 % change on previous year -6.0%
1834 1.16 % change on previous year +98.7%
1835 0.4472 % change on previous year -61.3%
1836 0.9792 % change on previous year +119.0%
1837 0.6288 % change on previous year -35.8%
1838 0.5223 % change on previous year -16.9%
1839 0.1068 % change on previous year -79.6%
1840 0.3686 % change on previous year +245.2%
1841 1.25 % change on previous year +240.0%
1842 0.583 % change on previous year -53.5%
1843 0.2395 % change on previous year -58.9%
1844 0.5756 % change on previous year +140.4%
1845 1.48 % change on previous year +157.5%
1846 0.5508 % change on previous year -62.8%
1847 1.32 % change on previous year +140.0%
1848 -1.76 % change on previous year -232.7%
1849 0.5456 % change on previous year -131.1%
1850 1.9 % change on previous year +248.8%
1851 -0.2529 % change on previous year -113.3%
1852 0.1804 % change on previous year -171.3%
1853 0.9913 % change on previous year +449.5%
1854 0.8308 % change on previous year -16.2%
1855 0.636 % change on previous year -23.4%
1856 0.5306 % change on previous year -16.6%
1857 0.1924 % change on previous year -63.7%
1858 -0.293 % change on previous year -252.3%
1859 0.0674 % change on previous year -123.0%
1860 1.02 % change on previous year +1411.0%
1861 0.8277 % change on previous year -18.7%
1862 0.575 % change on previous year -30.5%
1863 0.1156 % change on previous year -79.9%
1864 0.6574 % change on previous year +468.6%
1865 0.5771 % change on previous year -12.2%
1866 1.75 % change on previous year +202.9%
1867 0.7797 % change on previous year -55.4%
1868 0.851 % change on previous year +9.1%
1869 1.74 % change on previous year +104.2%
1870 -2.7 % change on previous year -255.2%
1871 -2.43 % change on previous year -9.9%
1872 2.43 % change on previous year -200.1%
1873 0.84 % change on previous year -65.5%
1874 -1.89 % change on previous year -325.0%
1875 -0.0271 % change on previous year -98.6%
1876 -0.6615 % change on previous year +2338.7%
1877 -1.16 % change on previous year +74.8%
1878 -0.2829 % change on previous year -75.5%
1879 -0.0549 % change on previous year -80.6%
1880 1.97 % change on previous year -3683.7%
1881 0.4437 % change on previous year -77.5%
1882 1.25 % change on previous year +181.3%
1883 1.14 % change on previous year -8.4%
1884 -1.18 % change on previous year -203.6%
1885 -1.22 % change on previous year +3.4%
1886 -1.16 % change on previous year -5.2%
1887 0.2517 % change on previous year -121.7%
1888 -0.0672 % change on previous year -126.7%
1889 -0.3961 % change on previous year +489.1%
1890 1.59 % change on previous year -500.3%
1891 -0.3576 % change on previous year -122.6%
1892 -0.2942 % change on previous year -17.7%
1893 -0.8839 % change on previous year +200.4%
1894 1.51 % change on previous year -271.4%
1895 0.0323 % change on previous year -97.9%
1896 -0.0934 % change on previous year -389.2%
1897 0.422 % change on previous year -551.8%
1898 -0.0489 % change on previous year -111.6%
1899 0.2295 % change on previous year -569.5%
1900 1.19 % change on previous year +417.4%
1901 -1.31 % change on previous year -210.2%
1902 -2.25 % change on previous year +71.6%
1903 3.47 % change on previous year -254.7%
1904 -1.08 % change on previous year -131.2%
1905 0.3092 % change on previous year -128.5%
1906 1.66 % change on previous year +435.9%
1907 1.45 % change on previous year -12.3%
1908 -0.7474 % change on previous year -151.4%
1909 -0.1587 % change on previous year -78.8%
1910 -0.898 % change on previous year +465.9%
1911 3.69 % change on previous year -511.5%
1912 2.31 % change on previous year -37.6%
1913 5.67 % change on previous year +145.7%
1914 -14.18 % change on previous year -350.2%
1915 -5.6 % change on previous year -60.5%
1916 -0.508 % change on previous year -90.9%
1917 1.28 % change on previous year -351.5%
1918 -7.76 % change on previous year -707.3%
1919 0.694 % change on previous year -108.9%
1920 10.57 % change on previous year +1423.2%
1921 -5.68 % change on previous year -153.7%
1922 6.19 % change on previous year -209.1%
1923 4.42 % change on previous year -28.7%
1924 4.59 % change on previous year +4.0%
1925 2.44 % change on previous year -46.8%
1926 -2.21 % change on previous year -190.4%
1927 -2.45 % change on previous year +11.0%
1928 -1.31 % change on previous year -46.5%
1929 4.29 % change on previous year -427.3%
1930 0.5831 % change on previous year -86.4%
1931 -3 % change on previous year -614.1%
1932 -4.72 % change on previous year +57.6%
1933 4.31 % change on previous year -191.2%
1934 2.08 % change on previous year -51.6%
1935 0.3262 % change on previous year -84.4%
1936 2.78 % change on previous year +753.1%
1937 6.89 % change on previous year +147.7%
1938 -1.53 % change on previous year -122.1%
1939 -0.5554 % change on previous year -63.6%
1940 -16.4 % change on previous year +2852.6%
1941 -6.74 % change on previous year -58.9%
1942 -1.44 % change on previous year -78.7%
1943 0.9334 % change on previous year -165.0%
1944 -16.67 % change on previous year -1885.5%
1945 12.85 % change on previous year -177.1%
1946 20.42 % change on previous year +58.9%
1947 3.11 % change on previous year -84.8%
1948 1.78 % change on previous year -42.6%
1949 6.76 % change on previous year +278.9%
1950 -7.91 % change on previous year -217.0%
1951 4.62 % change on previous year -158.3%
1952 -2.15 % change on previous year -146.5%
1953 -4.41 % change on previous year +105.4%
1954 1.55 % change on previous year -135.1%
1955 1.17 % change on previous year -24.7%
1956 6.3 % change on previous year +439.9%
1957 0.5802 % change on previous year -90.8%
1958 -3.4 % change on previous year -685.2%
1959 -2 % change on previous year -41.0%
1960 -1.24 % change on previous year -38.0%
1961 1.3 % change on previous year -204.5%
1962 4.56 % change on previous year +251.2%
1963 7.44 % change on previous year +63.1%
1964 -2.58 % change on previous year -134.7%
1965 2.21 % change on previous year -185.6%
1966 -0.0968 % change on previous year -104.4%
1967 3.16 % change on previous year -3366.4%
1968 3.95 % change on previous year +25.1%
1969 3.31 % change on previous year -16.2%
1970 5.84 % change on previous year +76.3%
1971 1.88 % change on previous year -67.9%
1972 3.8 % change on previous year +102.4%
1973 10.26 % change on previous year +170.0%
1974 -3.07 % change on previous year -129.9%
1975 -0.5863 % change on previous year -80.9%
1976 2.74 % change on previous year -568.2%
1977 0.3908 % change on previous year -85.8%
1978 2.94 % change on previous year +651.5%
1979 0.4421 % change on previous year -84.9%
1980 -2.84 % change on previous year -741.8%
1981 -4.76 % change on previous year +67.8%
1982 -2.67 % change on previous year -43.9%
1983 -0.7954 % change on previous year -70.3%
1984 -0.5534 % change on previous year -30.4%
1985 -0.901 % change on previous year +62.8%
1986 0.3352 % change on previous year -137.2%
1987 -1.75 % change on previous year -623.3%
1988 -6.2 % change on previous year +253.5%
1989 -3.71 % change on previous year -40.1%
1990 -0.8222 % change on previous year -77.8%
1991 3.12 % change on previous year -479.5%
1992 -5.65 % change on previous year -281.0%
1993 -5.32 % change on previous year -5.8%
1994 -7.22 % change on previous year +35.8%
1995 -1.49 % change on previous year -79.4%
1996 -5.17 % change on previous year +246.5%
1997 -6.75 % change on previous year +30.6%
1998 -3.27 % change on previous year -51.6%
1999 -5.59 % change on previous year +71.0%
2000 -8.26 % change on previous year +47.7%
2001 -4.87 % change on previous year -41.0%
2002 -2.63 % change on previous year -46.1%
2003 -3.08 % change on previous year +17.0%
2004 2.22 % change on previous year -172.0%
2005 -7.38 % change on previous year -433.2%
2006 -9.84 % change on previous year +33.3%
2007 -4.85 % change on previous year -50.7%
2008 -3.43 % change on previous year -29.3%
2009 -9.43 % change on previous year +175.0%
2010 10.28 % change on previous year -209.1%
2011 -18.04 % change on previous year -275.4%
2012 -6.94 % change on previous year -61.6%
2013 1.88 % change on previous year -127.2%
2014 -16.57 % change on previous year -979.3%
2015 -0.6061 % change on previous year -96.3%
2016 2.5 % change on previous year -512.4%
2017 -2.62 % change on previous year -205.0%
2018 -4.73 % change on previous year +80.3%
2019 -2.14 % change on previous year -54.8%
2020 -12.8 % change on previous year +498.8%
2021 10 % change on previous year -178.1%
2022 -4.64 % change on previous year -146.4%

France compared with similar countries

  • France's -4.64 % change on previous year is below the median for high income countries, which is -0.2183 % change on previous year, 21.2× the median. (78 countries reporting)
  • France's -4.64 % change on previous year is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -1.53 % change on previous year, 3.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1880 +3683.7% -0.0549 % change on previous year 1.97 % change on previous year
1801 +3644.5% 0.0134 % change on previous year 0.5008 % change on previous year
1967 +3366.4% -0.0968 % change on previous year 3.16 % change on previous year
1940 -2852.6% -0.5554 % change on previous year -16.4 % change on previous year
1832 +2414.3% 0.0246 % change on previous year 0.6185 % change on previous year
1876 -2338.7% -0.0271 % change on previous year -0.6615 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.0597 % change on previous year 0.0555 % change on previous year 0.0641 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.0497 % change on previous year 0.0451 % change on previous year 0.0546 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.0393 % change on previous year 0.0346 % change on previous year 0.044 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.0291 % change on previous year 0.0245 % change on previous year 0.0336 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.0189 % change on previous year 0.0144 % change on previous year 0.0235 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.4359 % change on previous year -0.8406 % change on previous year 1.84 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.4968 % change on previous year 0.1717 % change on previous year 1.68 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.3607 % change on previous year 0.0537 % change on previous year 1.13 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.5459 % change on previous year 0.0246 % change on previous year 1.16 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.5165 % change on previous year -1.76 % change on previous year 1.48 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.4786 % change on previous year -0.293 % change on previous year 1.9 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.8888 % change on previous year 0.1156 % change on previous year 1.75 % change on previous year 10
1870s -0.5926 % change on previous year -2.7 % change on previous year 2.43 % change on previous year 10
1880s 0.1023 % change on previous year -1.22 % change on previous year 1.97 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.2106 % change on previous year -0.8839 % change on previous year 1.59 % change on previous year 10
1900s 0.2537 % change on previous year -2.25 % change on previous year 3.47 % change on previous year 10
1910s -1.53 % change on previous year -14.18 % change on previous year 5.67 % change on previous year 10
1920s 2.09 % change on previous year -5.68 % change on previous year 10.57 % change on previous year 10
1930s 0.7178 % change on previous year -4.72 % change on previous year 6.89 % change on previous year 10
1940s 0.4622 % change on previous year -16.67 % change on previous year 20.42 % change on previous year 10
1950s -0.5657 % change on previous year -7.91 % change on previous year 6.3 % change on previous year 10
1960s 2.2 % change on previous year -2.58 % change on previous year 7.44 % change on previous year 10
1970s 2.46 % change on previous year -3.07 % change on previous year 10.26 % change on previous year 10
1980s -2.39 % change on previous year -6.2 % change on previous year 0.3352 % change on previous year 10
1990s -3.82 % change on previous year -7.22 % change on previous year 3.12 % change on previous year 10
2000s -5.16 % change on previous year -9.84 % change on previous year 2.22 % change on previous year 10
2010s -3.7 % change on previous year -18.04 % change on previous year 10.28 % change on previous year 10
2020s -2.48 % change on previous year -12.8 % change on previous year 10 % change on previous year 3

Countries ranked near France

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  2. 209 Slovakia -4.53 % change on previous year compare
  3. 210 Germany -4.61 % change on previous year compare
  4. 212 Hungary -4.83 % change on previous year compare
  5. 213 Macao -5.06 % change on previous year compare
  6. 214 Cyprus -5.09 % change on previous year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in France was -4.64 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in France?
The highest recorded value was 20.42 % change on previous year in 1946.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was -18.04 % change on previous year in 2011.
How does France rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
France ranks 211th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this France data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.