France’s carbon footprint edged down in 2025
Insee estimated emissions from French resident units at 398 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent and the country’s consumption footprint at 571 million tonnes.
Event / data period: 2025
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In its 2025 account published on 13 October, Insee put greenhouse-gas emissions from French resident units at 398 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (Mt CO₂e), or 5.8 tonnes per person. The carbon footprint linked to final demand was estimated at 571 Mt CO₂e, or 8.3 tonnes per person.
Emissions fell 1.7% year on year, while the footprint declined only 0.6%. The footprint included 296 Mt associated with imports, equal to 52% of the total. Insee marks the 2025 figures as provisional; resident-unit emissions cover production and household activity, while the footprint measures emissions associated with final demand in France.
Data
Greenhouse-gas figures
Provisional 2025 estimates for France; unit is million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
- French resident-unit greenhouse-gas emissions
- 398 million tonnes
- 2025 · Estimate
- Carbon footprint linked to French final demand
- 571 million tonnes
- 2025 · Estimate
Methodology
Values are provisional 2025 totals published by Insee. Emissions from resident units and the carbon footprint of final demand have different scopes; no per-capita or change rate is calculated in this block.
Updated:
Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- Climate changeSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: CO₂www.insee.fr ↗
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- France · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.insee.fr ↗