Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - France
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in France.
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Overview
In 2018, France met its Europe 2020 target for early leavers from education and training for the fifth consecutive year. Progress has also been achieved in tertiary educational attainment; however, the indicator used at the EU level cannot directly be compared to the French target value of 50 %, which refers to the population aged 17 to 33. By 2017, the country had moved closer to its target on primary energy consumption. In terms of renewable energy, France was the Member State that was the second furthest from its national target (6.7 percentage points). Despite an overall reduction in GHG emissions in ESD sectors, by 2017 the country was still 3.1 percentage points away from its Europe 2020 goal. In 2018, France was also further from its employment target than the EU as a whole was from the EU target but slightly closer to its target on R&D expenditure (2017 data). Between 2008 and 2017, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by about 379 000, moving the country closer to its 2020 goal to reduce the number of people at risk by 1.9 million (compared with 2007).
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics