Bees — Stocks in France
France: Bees — Stocks was 1.79 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in France, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in France is 1.79 million No, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 125.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in France peaked at 1.81 million No in 2021 and was at its lowest, 731,000 No, in 1972.
France ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in France, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 890,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 900,000 No | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 920,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 931,518 No | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 969,314 No | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 977,426 No | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 972,093 No | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 954,213 No | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 1.10 million No | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 1.07 million No | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 1.00 million No | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 731,000 No | -26.9% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million No | +49.9% |
| 1974 | 1.04 million No | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 970,000 No | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 1.06 million No | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 814,000 No | -23.3% |
| 1978 | 1.15 million No | +41.7% |
| 1979 | 1.35 million No | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 1.10 million No | -18.5% |
| 1981 | 1.20 million No | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.07 million No | -11.2% |
| 1989 | 1.14 million No | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1.12 million No | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.08 million No | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 1.06 million No | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1.05 million No | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 1.03 million No | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 1.03 million No | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million No | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million No | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 986,337 No | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 980,116 No | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 940,185 No | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 932,004 No | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 929,440 No | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 924,760 No | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 934,872 No | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 939,765 No | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 971,297 No | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1.03 million No | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1.00 million No | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.02 million No | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 981,914 No | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 839,966 No | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 820,401 No | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 794,733 No | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 767,334 No | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 800,834 No | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 803,766 No | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 859,462 No | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 1.45 million No | +69.2% |
| 2019 | 1.58 million No | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 1.75 million No | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 1.81 million No | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.76 million No | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 1.79 million No | +2.0% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1.79 million No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 6.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- France's 1.79 million No is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 5.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +69.2% | 859,462 No | 1.45 million No |
| 1973 | +49.9% | 731,000 No | 1.10 million No |
| 1978 | +41.7% | 814,000 No | 1.15 million No |
| 1972 | -26.9% | 1.00 million No | 731,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956,940 No | 890,000 No | 1.10 million No | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 million No | 731,000 No | 1.35 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 million No | 1.07 million No | 1.20 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 million No | 980,116 No | 1.12 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 962,014 No | 924,760 No | 1.03 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 970,641 No | 767,334 No | 1.58 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million No | 1.75 million No | 1.81 million No | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 13 Republic of Korea 2.13 million No compare
- 13 Polynesia 14,535 No compare
- 14 Greece 2.02 million No compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,415 No compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 No compare
- 15 Kenya 1.87 million No compare
- 17 Central African Republic 1.67 million No compare
- 18 Italy 1.59 million No compare
- 19 Angola 1.20 million No compare
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 bees — stocks in France?
- Bees — stocks in France was 1.79 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.81 million No in 2021.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 731,000 No in 1972.
- How does France rank for bees — stocks?
- France ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. 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.