Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in France
France: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 15,920 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in France stood at 15,920 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in France peaked at 25,402 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,989 ha, in 2014.
That places France 13th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,402 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,077 ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 24,745 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 22,840 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 22,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 20,665 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 19,364 ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 22,123 ha | +14.2% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 19,238 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 17,417 ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 17,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,781 ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 19,243 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 18,994 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 20,216 ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 18,560 ha | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 18,196 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 17,403 ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 18,300 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 19,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 17,900 ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 19,700 ha | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 19,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17,800 ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 16,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 17,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 16,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 17,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 21,119 ha | +22.1% |
| 1992 | 20,212 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 20,009 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 20,984 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 20,763 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 20,555 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 19,616 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 19,366 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 20,452 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 19,866 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 19,808 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 19,569 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 19,059 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 18,155 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 17,532 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 17,083 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 16,470 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 16,428 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 16,009 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 17,023 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 15,954 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 14,434 ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 14,328 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 11,989 ha | -16.3% |
| 2015 | 12,267 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 12,786 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 12,618 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 12,350 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 12,550 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 16,240 ha | +29.4% |
| 2021 | 16,410 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 15,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 15,110 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 15,920 ha | +5.4% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 15,920 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 17.5× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- France's 15,920 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,625 ha, 9.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +29.4% | 12,550 ha | 16,240 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,668 ha | 19,364 ha | 25,402 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,006 ha | 17,417 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,110 ha | 16,800 ha | 19,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,038 ha | 17,300 ha | 21,119 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,998 ha | 16,009 ha | 19,866 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,630 ha | 11,989 ha | 17,023 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,736 ha | 15,000 ha | 16,410 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 10 Nigeria 26,682 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 973 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16,384 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 484 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45 ha compare
- 12 Japan 16,335 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 39 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 15,442 ha compare
- 15 Poland 15,300 ha compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14,789 ha 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in France?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in France was 15,920 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 25,402 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,989 ha in 2014.
- How does France rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- France ranks 13th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.