BASIC STATISTICS OF FRANCE*
(2014 or latest available year)
(OECD average values in parentheses)a

PEOPLE AND SOCIETY

Population (million)

64

Population density per km2

117

(35)

Share of population by type of region:

Population compound annual growth rate, latest 5 years

0.6

(0.6)

Predominantly urban (%)

35

(49)

Income inequality (Gini coefficient)

0.3

(0.3)

Intermediate (%)

48

(26)

Poverty rate (% of population with less than 50% med.income)

8

Rural (%)

17

(25)

Life expectancy

82

(80)

ECONOMY AND EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS

Total GDP (GDP, EUR, billion)

2 140

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

31

(29)

Total GDP (GDP, 2014 PPPs, billion)

2 613

Main exports (% of total merchandise exports)

GDP, latest 5-year average real annual growth (%)

1

(2)

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

12

GDP per capita (1 000 USD 2014 PPPs)

39

(39)

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

10

Value added shares (%)

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

8

Primary

2

(2)

Main imports (% of total merchandise imports)

Industry, including construction

19

(24)

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

15

Services

79

(75)

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

11

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

28

(29)

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

9

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

as percentage of GDP

Expenditure

57

(46)

Education expenditure

6

(6)

Revenue

54

(43)

Environment protection expenditureb

2

Gross financial debt

119

(88)

Health expenditure

8

(7)

Net lending/net borrowing

-4

-(2)

Environmental taxes: (% of GDP)

2.0

(1.6)

( of total tax revenue)

4.4

(5.1)

LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION

Unemployment rate (% of civilian labour force)

10

(8)

Patent applications in environment-related technologies (% of all technologies, average of latest 3 years)c

12

(11)

Tertiary educational attainment of 25-64 year-olds (%)

32

(31)

Environmental management

5

(5)

Gross expenditure on R&D, % of GDP

2

(2)

Water-related adaptation technologies

1

(0.5)

Climate change mitigation technologies

10

(9)

ENVIRONMENT

Energy intensity: TPES per capita (toe/cap.)

4

(4)

Road vehicle stock (veh./100 inhabitants)

62

(58)

TPES per GDP (toe/1 000 USD, 2010 PPPs)

0.10

(0.11)

Water stress (abstraction as % of available resources)

16

(10)

Renewables (% of TPES)

9

(9)

Water abstraction per capita (m3/cap./year)

472

(829)

Carbon intensity (energy-related CO2):

Municipal waste per capita, (kg/capita)

509

(522)

per capita (t/cap.)

4.9

(9.6)

Material productivity (USD, 2010 PPPs/DMC, kg)

3.0

(2.1)

per GDP (t/1 000 USD, 2010 PPPs)

0.13

(0.27)

Land area (1 000 km2)

548

(34 341)

GHG intensity:d

% of arable land and permanent crops

35

(12)

per capita (t/cap.)

8

(12)

% of permanent meadows and pastures

17

(23)

per GDP (t/1 000 USD, 2010 PPPs)

0.21

(0.35)

% of forest area

29

(31)

Exposure to air pollution (PM2.5) (μg/m3)

12

% of other land (built-up and other land)

18

(33)

← * Values earlier than 2010 are not taken into consideration.

← a. OECD average values = simple or weighted averages of available countries’ values.

← b. Investments and current expenditure of households, business sector and specialised producers of environmental services, and public sector.

← c. Higher-value inventions that have sought patent protection in at least two jurisdictions.

← d. Excluding emissions/removals from land use, land-use change and forestry.

Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the OECD, IEA, Eurostat and the World Bank.