Currants — Area harvested in France
France: Currants — Area harvested was 2,940 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Currants — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for currants — area harvested in France is 2,940 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in France peaked at 3,009 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,114 ha, in 1974.
France ranks 8th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Currants — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,499 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,623 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,655 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 1,687 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1,250 ha | -25.9% |
| 1966 | 1,220 ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 1,265 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 1,302 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,286 ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,212 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 1,220 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 1,114 ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 1,158 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 1,153 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,158 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 1,163 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 1,464 ha | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 1,681 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,895 ha | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 1,903 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,982 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 2,091 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 2,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 2,383 ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 2,425 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 2,957 ha | +21.9% |
| 1994 | 2,881 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 2,859 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,678 ha | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 2,675 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,605 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 2,704 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 2,847 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 2,780 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,766 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,940 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 2,993 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 3,009 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,528 ha | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 2,526 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,326 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 2,120 ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 2,993 ha | +41.2% |
| 2011 | 2,801 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,812 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,758 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,779 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,870 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 2,730 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 2,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,690 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,720 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,400 ha | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 2,530 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 2,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,810 ha | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 2,940 ha | +4.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,940 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 230 ha, 12.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- France's 2,940 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 185 ha, 15.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Currants — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +41.2% | 2,120 ha | 2,993 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,421 ha | 1,220 ha | 1,687 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,178 ha | 1,114 ha | 1,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,782 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,687 ha | 2,383 ha | 2,957 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,684 ha | 2,120 ha | 3,009 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,785 ha | 2,690 ha | 2,993 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,656 ha | 2,400 ha | 2,940 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
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 currants — area harvested in France?
- Currants — area harvested in France was 2,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3,009 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,114 ha in 1974.
- How does France rank for currants — area harvested?
- France ranks 8th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Currants — 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.