France, year by year

Every index this site holds for France, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.798 in 1990 to 0.920 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 83 years2024at birthUp 2.8 years from 80.2 years in 2005
Internet users: 89%2024of people onlineUp 42 points from 47% in 2006
Urban population: 79%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 1 point from 77% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.612024births per womanDown 0.33 from 1.94 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 16%2021of energy usedUp 7 points from 9% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 32024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsLevel with 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 4 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 2.5 t from 6.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 32%2023of land under forestUp 3 points from 29% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.798	76.6	—	—	1.77	10.5	100	8	6.6	26.8	—	—
1991	0.807	76.8	0.1	74.2	1.75	11.1	100	7	7.0	26.9	—	—
1992	0.814	77.1	0.3	74.4	1.74	11.3	100	7	6.7	27.1	—	—
1993	0.818	77.3	0.6	74.6	1.73	10.9	100	6	6.4	27.3	—	—
1994	0.832	77.7	0.9	74.8	1.73	11.0	100	6	6.3	27.4	—	—
1995	0.837	77.8	1.6	75.1	1.74	10.7	100	5	6.4	27.6	—	—
1996	0.842	78.0	2.6	75.4	1.75	10.5	100	5	6.6	27.7	—	—
1997	0.847	78.3	4.3	75.6	1.77	10.0	100	5	6.5	27.9	—	—
1998	0.851	78.6	6.3	75.9	1.78	9.7	100	4	6.8	28.1	—	—
1999	0.856	78.8	9.1	76.2	1.81	9.8	100	4	6.7	28.2	—	—
2000	0.852	79.1	14.3	76.5	1.89	9.3	100	4	6.6	28.4	—	—
2001	0.855	79.2	26.3	76.9	1.90	9.4	100	4	6.6	28.6	—	—
2002	0.858	79.3	30.2	77.3	1.88	8.7	100	4	6.5	28.8	—	—
2003	0.862	79.1	36.1	77.5	1.89	8.8	100	4	6.5	29.0	—	—
2004	0.869	80.2	39.1	77.5	1.92	8.9	100	4	6.5	29.2	—	—
2005	0.877	80.2	42.9	77.4	1.94	8.6	100	3	6.5	29.4	—	—
2006	0.881	80.8	46.9	77.3	2.00	8.5	100	3	6.2	29.6	36432	32424
2007	0.884	81.1	66.1	77.3	1.98	9.4	100	3	6.1	29.8	41486	34066
2008	0.884	81.2	70.7	77.2	2.01	10.5	100	3	5.9	30.1	45465	35053
2009	0.883	81.4	71.6	77.1	2.00	11.2	100	3	5.7	30.3	41728	34685
2010	0.888	81.7	77.3	77.1	2.03	11.9	100	3	5.8	30.5	40695	35908
2011	0.892	82.1	77.8	77.1	2.01	10.6	100	3	5.6	30.6	43930	37510
2012	0.893	82.0	81.4	77.2	2.01	12.3	100	3	5.6	30.8	40864	37671
2013	0.896	82.2	81.9	77.2	1.99	13.4	100	3	5.5	30.9	42669	39583
2014	0.900	82.7	83.8	77.3	2.00	13.2	100	3	4.9	31.1	43148	40218
2015	0.901	82.3	78.0	77.8	1.96	13.3	100	3	5.0	31.2	36702	40905
2016	0.905	82.6	79.3	78.6	1.92	14.2	100	3	5.0	31.4	37024	42880
2017	0.908	82.6	80.5	78.7	1.89	14.1	100	3	5.1	31.6	38687	44469
2018	0.911	82.7	82.0	78.7	1.87	15.2	100	3	4.9	31.7	41418	46381
2019	0.914	82.8	83.3	78.7	1.86	15.5	100	3	4.8	31.9	40408	51130
2020	0.909	82.2	84.7	78.7	1.82	16.8	100	3	4.3	32.0	39170	49482
2021	0.915	82.3	86.1	78.7	1.83	16.2	100	3	4.7	32.2	43725	52517
2022	0.916	82.1	85.3	78.8	1.78	—	100	3	4.5	32.3	40989	57012
2023	0.920	82.8	86.8	78.8	1.66	—	100	3	4.2	32.5	44700	60927
2024	—	83.0	88.7	78.8	1.61	—	100	3	4.0	—	46103	62525
2025	—	—	—	78.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	48986	63975
On the profile	0.920	83.0	88.7	78.8	1.61	16.2	—	—	4.0	32.5	48986	63975

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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