Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France
France: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 9,899 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France, 2002–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France stood at 9,899 ha. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France peaked at 9,899 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5,705 ha, in 2005.
France ranks 13th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6,594 ha | — |
| 2003 | 6,120 ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 6,029 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 5,705 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 5,861 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 6,059 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 6,272 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 6,487 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 6,763 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 7,133 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 7,368 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 7,859 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 7,955 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 8,236 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 9,739 ha | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 9,899 ha | +1.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 9,899 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 82.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- France's 9,899 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 170.5 ha, 58.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,141 ha | 5,705 ha | 6,594 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 8,119 ha | 6,763 ha | 9,899 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 13,406 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,520 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 12,214 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 993 ha compare
- 12 Ecuador 10,626 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 739 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 640 ha
- 14 Eswatini 9,149 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 8,987 ha compare
- 16 Congo 8,381 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in France was 9,899 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 9,899 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,705 ha in 2005.
- How does France rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- France ranks 13th out of 74 countries with data for 2017.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.4%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.