Apples — Area harvested in France
France: Apples — Area harvested was 52,760 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 52,760 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in France peaked at 111,932 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 37,593 ha, in 2013.
That places France 17th out of 101 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,748 ha | 92,244 ha | 111,932 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,694 ha | 73,100 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,576 ha | 69,563 ha | 111,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,045 ha | 54,058 ha | 82,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,607 ha | 41,201 ha | 53,020 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,814 ha | 37,593 ha | 50,540 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,900 ha | 52,760 ha | 54,710 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 14 Romania 53,600 ha compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 53,600 ha compare
- 16 Italy 53,380 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 48,092 ha compare
- 19 Morocco 47,609 ha compare
- 20 Tajikistan 46,740 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.54 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in France?
- Apples — area harvested in France was 52,760 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 111,932 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,593 ha in 2013.
- How does France rank for apples — area harvested?
- France ranks 17th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.