Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in France
France: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 15,510 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in France is 15,510 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in France peaked at 46,400 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 13,800 ha, in 2022.
That places France 10th out of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,279 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,082 ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 27,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 27,800 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 21,260 ha | -23.5% |
| 1966 | 23,412 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 29,472 ha | +25.9% |
| 1968 | 29,524 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 30,351 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 32,800 ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 32,061 ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 31,133 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 31,710 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 33,101 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 34,906 ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 35,532 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 34,556 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 37,459 ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 39,563 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 39,348 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 40,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 42,300 ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 43,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 44,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 46,400 ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 46,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 46,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 44,553 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 45,485 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 43,098 ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 44,202 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 46,167 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 45,584 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 45,065 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 43,556 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 40,335 ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 38,371 ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 36,753 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 34,553 ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 32,438 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 32,510 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 30,648 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 30,387 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 29,463 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 27,305 ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 27,670 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 26,343 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 25,903 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 25,676 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 22,945 ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 22,127 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 21,654 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 19,944 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 20,010 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 19,549 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 18,933 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 19,140 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 19,090 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 17,770 ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 17,830 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,530 ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 13,800 ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 15,320 ha | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 15,510 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,576 ha | 21,260 ha | 30,351 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,282 ha | 31,133 ha | 39,563 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,809 ha | 39,348 ha | 46,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,768 ha | 34,553 ha | 46,167 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,834 ha | 25,676 ha | 32,510 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,116 ha | 17,770 ha | 22,945 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,798 ha | 13,800 ha | 17,830 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in France?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in France was 15,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 46,400 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,800 ha in 2022.
- How does France rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- France ranks 10th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.