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 14th out of 96 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.
Apples — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97,362 ha | — |
| 1962 | 102,946 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 104,915 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 106,956 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 105,816 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 111,932 ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 92,244 ha | -17.6% |
| 1968 | 95,224 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 98,335 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1971 | 87,645 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 82,796 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 82,574 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 79,812 ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 77,434 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 76,432 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 73,770 ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 73,377 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 73,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 73,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 73,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 71,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 69,563 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 95,000 ha | +36.6% |
| 1986 | 111,500 ha | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 83,500 ha | -25.1% |
| 1988 | 94,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 84,500 ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 82,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 59,823 ha | -27.0% |
| 1992 | 59,879 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 60,966 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 60,831 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 56,431 ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 56,186 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 55,760 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 54,515 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 54,058 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 53,020 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 50,416 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 49,477 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 48,652 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 47,367 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 46,723 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 43,888 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 43,252 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 42,073 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 41,201 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 40,908 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 39,725 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 38,714 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 37,593 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 50,170 ha | +33.5% |
| 2015 | 49,663 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 50,150 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 50,309 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 50,540 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 50,370 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 54,710 ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 54,210 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 54,020 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 53,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 52,760 ha | -1.9% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 52,760 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 11.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- France's 52,760 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 6.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +36.6% | 69,563 ha | 95,000 ha |
| 2014 | +33.5% | 37,593 ha | 50,170 ha |
| 1991 | -27.0% | 82,000 ha | 59,823 ha |
| 1987 | -25.1% | 111,500 ha | 83,500 ha |
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (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 14th out of 96 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.