EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
France
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
France on the world stage
Total imports
$762.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$646.0bn
234 partners
#1 import source
Germany
12.4%
#1 export dest.
Germany
13.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: France
EU imports from
€329.0bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€474.9bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#5
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.44
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
159
EUR/MWh
Consumer
202
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
44
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
28%
of generation
Wholesale 58 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (EPEX SPOT)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Commission de regulation de l'energie (CRE)
France is locked into the costs of its nuclear fleet: ageing reactors require multi-billion-euro maintenance (stress corrosion cracking forced extended outages in 2022), while the Flamanville EPR ran a decade late and 4x…
Tracked infrastructure
47 gas plants
8.8 GW
3 coal plants
1.9 GW
1,190 wind farms
21.3 GW · 52 building
76 solar farms
3.1 GW · 7 building
56 nuclear plants
64.0 GW · 1 building
76 hydro plants
17.6 GW
4 steel plants
11,850 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
146
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
27
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Zinc, Iron
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase + Naïades/eaufrance ambient (open);…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (18)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
42.1
→ 43.5 by 2050
Fertility
1.64
below replacement
Working-age
61.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
36.1
→ 48.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 66.5M · peaks 2095
By 2050: +3% (68.2M)