France vs Southern Europe: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- France
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 172,595 ha against 52,760 ha in France, a difference of 119,835 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 3.3 times France's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
France ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 14th of 96 countries.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,748 ha | 168,013 ha | 66,266 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 79,694 ha | 180,954 ha | 101,260 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 82,576 ha | 206,435 ha | 123,859 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 60,045 ha | 215,654 ha | 155,609 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 46,607 ha | 189,426 ha | 142,819 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 45,814 ha | 170,416 ha | 124,601 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 53,900 ha | 171,930 ha | 118,030 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, France or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 172,595 ha against 52,760 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between France and Southern Europe?
- 119,835 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Southern Europe rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- France ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 14th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.