France output current prices: water supply and waste
France output current prices: water supply and waste stood at 50,925 EUR million in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1959 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Output, current prices | |||||||||||
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 50,925 | 49,879 | 47,269 | 48,076 | 45,240 | 37,886 | 39,668 | 39,163 | 37,726 | 35,388 | |
| Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting | 70,214 | 71,179 | 68,623 | 65,293 | 60,702 | 52,903 | 56,781 | 55,828 | 54,067 | 52,395 |
Understanding france output current prices: water supply and waste
Collection and treatment of wastewater, municipal waste management, recycling sorting, and site remediation operations generate the monetary transactions captured here. Gross output represents total billings, municipal service fees, and waste processing revenues valued at current market prices, excluding secondary materials trading captured in wholesale commerce. Sibling categories separate energy utilities from environmental services, ensuring distinct treatment of water distribution and waste disposal activities.
Reading these figures requires accounting for municipal regulatory changes, waste disposal tariffs, and environmental compliance standards that influence service pricing over time. Because the metrics are unadjusted for price changes, comparisons across extended periods combine operational volume growth with inflation in labor and facility operating costs. Analysts must consult constant-price series to evaluate real service expansion. Revisions to early estimates commonly occur when local government accounts and specialized environmental enterprise surveys are fully reconciled.
Frequently asked questions
- What activities are included alongside water supply in this classification?
- The branch encompasses sewerage networks, wastewater treatment facilities, refuse collection, waste management, and site remediation activities.
- How do regulatory policy changes affect the nominal output of this sector?
- Stricter environmental regulations often impose higher treatment and compliance costs, which are reflected in adjusted service tariffs and nominal output values.
- Why might preliminary annual estimates for waste management be revised?
- Early estimates rely on partial municipal data and are subsequently updated with comprehensive local government financial reports and structural enterprise censuses.