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

0.790 → 0.910 (+0.120)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth80.2 → 83 (+2.8)

Internet users47 → 89 (+42)

Urban population77 → 79 (+1)

Births per woman1.94 → 1.61 (-0.33)

Renewable share of energy9 → 16 (+7)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality3 → 3 (+0)

CO2 emissions per person6.5 → 4 (-2.5)

Forest area29 → 32 (+3)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	0.790	76.6	—	—	1.77	11	100	8	6.6	26.8	—	—
1991	0.799	76.8	0	74	1.75	11	100	7	7.0	26.9	—	—
1992	0.806	77.1	0	74	1.74	11	100	7	6.7	27.1	—	—
1993	0.809	77.3	1	75	1.73	11	100	6	6.4	27.3	—	—
1994	0.824	77.7	1	75	1.73	11	100	6	6.3	27.4	—	—
1995	0.829	77.8	2	75	1.74	11	100	5	6.4	27.6	—	—
1996	0.834	78.0	3	75	1.75	11	100	5	6.6	27.7	—	—
1997	0.839	78.3	4	76	1.77	10	100	5	6.5	27.9	—	—
1998	0.843	78.6	6	76	1.78	10	100	4	6.8	28.1	—	—
1999	0.847	78.8	9	76	1.81	10	100	4	6.7	28.2	—	—
2000	0.844	79.1	14	77	1.89	9	100	4	6.6	28.4	—	—
2001	0.847	79.2	26	77	1.90	9	100	4	6.6	28.6	—	—
2002	0.850	79.3	30	77	1.88	9	100	4	6.5	28.8	—	—
2003	0.853	79.1	36	77	1.89	9	100	4	6.5	29.0	—	—
2004	0.861	80.2	39	77	1.92	9	100	4	6.5	29.2	—	—
2005	0.869	80.2	43	77	1.94	9	100	3	6.5	29.4	—	—
2006	0.873	80.8	47	77	2.00	9	100	3	6.2	29.6	36432	32424
2007	0.876	81.1	66	77	1.98	9	100	3	6.1	29.8	41486	34066
2008	0.877	81.2	71	77	2.01	11	100	3	5.9	30.1	45465	35053
2009	0.875	81.4	72	77	2.00	11	100	3	5.7	30.3	41728	34685
2010	0.880	81.7	77	77	2.03	12	100	3	5.8	30.5	40695	35908
2011	0.884	82.1	78	77	2.01	11	100	3	5.6	30.6	43930	37510
2012	0.885	82.0	81	77	2.01	12	100	3	5.6	30.8	40864	37671
2013	0.888	82.2	82	77	1.99	13	100	3	5.5	30.9	42669	39583
2014	0.892	82.7	84	77	2.00	13	100	3	4.9	31.1	43148	40218
2015	0.893	82.3	78	78	1.96	13	100	3	5.0	31.2	36702	40905
2016	0.896	82.6	79	79	1.92	14	100	3	5.0	31.4	37024	42880
2017	0.899	82.6	81	79	1.89	14	100	3	5.1	31.6	38687	44469
2018	0.903	82.7	82	79	1.87	15	100	3	4.9	31.7	41418	46381
2019	0.905	82.8	83	79	1.86	16	100	3	4.8	31.9	40408	51130
2020	0.900	82.2	85	79	1.82	17	100	3	4.3	32.0	39170	49482
2021	0.906	82.3	86	79	1.83	16	100	3	4.7	32.2	43725	52517
2022	0.910	82.1	85	79	1.78	—	100	3	4.5	32.3	40989	57012
2023	—	82.8	87	79	1.66	—	100	3	4.2	32.5	44700	60927
2024	—	83.0	89	79	1.61	—	100	3	4.0	—	46103	62525
2025	—	—	—	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	48986	63975
Profile shows	0.910	83.0	89	79	1.61	16	—	—	4.0	32.5	48986	63975

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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