France
CO₂ per person in France
CO₂ per person in France: 9.02 tonnes in 1970 and 4 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −5.02 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 69 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10.03 tonnes in 1973, the lowest 4 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | France | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.16 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.51 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.67 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.25 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.79 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.89 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.06 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 5.02 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.99 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.93 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 5.46 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 5.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 5.57 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 5.8 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 5.72 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 5.94 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 6.09 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.24 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.45 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.47 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 6.5 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 6.46 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 6.58 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 6.68 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.81 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 6.47 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 6.63 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.41 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.28 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 6.38 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 6.74 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 7 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 6.61 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.73 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 6.52 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 6.56 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 6.71 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 6.96 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.18 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 7.42 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 7.8 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 8.21 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 9.17 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 9.62 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 9.52 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 9.24 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 9.62 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 8.82 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 9.62 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 10.03 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 9.42 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 9.17 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 9.02 | 4.15 |
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel304,000 people in 2020
- National power1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3.37 billion TIV in 2025
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