France vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested

France
109,060 ha
in 2024
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
4.00 million ha
in 2024
France rank
5th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
2nd

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • France
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922024

How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 4.00 million ha against 109,060 ha in France, a difference of 3.89 million ha.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 36.7 times France's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.

France ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 2nd of 69 countries.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1990s 10,422 ha 2.01 million ha 2.00 million ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 32,149 ha 3.00 million ha 2.97 million ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2010s 46,489 ha 3.68 million ha 3.63 million ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 85,624 ha 3.87 million ha 3.78 million ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, France or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 4.00 million ha against 109,060 ha in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between France and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
3.89 million ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
How do France and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
France ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 2nd of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.