Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in France
France: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 1,500 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in France is 1,500 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 111.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in France peaked at 1,500 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 406 ha, in 2006.
That places France 35th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,422 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,370 ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 1,362 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,276 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 1,314 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 1,271 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 1,260 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 1,282 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +17.0% |
| 1971 | 1,250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 1,090 ha | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 1,036 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 1,150 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 1,033 ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 957 ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 1,040 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,087 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 1,041 ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 835 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 858 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 964 ha | +12.4% |
| 1992 | 789 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 808 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 767 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 740 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 611 ha | -17.4% |
| 1997 | 544 ha | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 493 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 472 ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 474 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 486 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 483 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 475 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 429 ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 406 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 606 ha | +49.3% |
| 2008 | 617 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 609 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 722 ha | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 718 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 710 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 708 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 708 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 721 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 733 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 740 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 800 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 710 ha | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 1,490 ha | +109.9% |
| 2021 | 1,420 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,410 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,410 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,500 ha | +6.4% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,500 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99 ha, 15.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- France's 1,500 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 403 ha, 3.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 | +109.9% | 710 ha | 1,490 ha |
| 2007 | +49.3% | 406 ha | 606 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,317 ha | 1,260 ha | 1,422 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,118 ha | 957 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 977.6 ha | 800 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 704.6 ha | 472 ha | 964 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 508.5 ha | 406 ha | 617 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 727 ha | 708 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,446 ha | 1,410 ha | 1,500 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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in France?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in France was 1,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 406 ha in 2006.
- How does France rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- France ranks 35th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.9%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.