Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France

France: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 910,449 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
910,449 ha
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
14th
of 191 countries
All-time high
1.66 million ha
in 1962
All-time low
886,814 ha
in 2013
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

France recorded 910,449 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in France peaked at 1.66 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 886,814 ha, in 2013.

That places France 14th out of 191 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.

Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 1.65 million ha —
1962 1.66 million ha +0.3%
1963 1.66 million ha -0.0%
1964 1.65 million ha -0.7%
1965 1.64 million ha -0.1%
1966 1.65 million ha +0.4%
1967 1.60 million ha -2.8%
1968 1.59 million ha -0.7%
1969 1.50 million ha -6.1%
1970 1.47 million ha -1.5%
1971 1.46 million ha -1.2%
1972 1.44 million ha -1.4%
1973 1.44 million ha +0.4%
1974 1.44 million ha -0.4%
1975 1.41 million ha -2.0%
1976 1.44 million ha +2.2%
1977 1.41 million ha -1.9%
1978 1.39 million ha -1.9%
1979 1.38 million ha -0.8%
1980 1.32 million ha -3.9%
1981 1.30 million ha -1.6%
1982 1.29 million ha -1.2%
1983 1.26 million ha -1.9%
1984 1.24 million ha -1.5%
1985 1.26 million ha +1.2%
1986 1.26 million ha +0.2%
1987 1.21 million ha -3.5%
1988 1.17 million ha -3.7%
1989 1.14 million ha -2.5%
1990 1.12 million ha -1.6%
1991 1.09 million ha -2.9%
1992 1.10 million ha +0.5%
1993 1.09 million ha -0.3%
1994 1.09 million ha -0.4%
1995 1.08 million ha -0.8%
1996 1.07 million ha -1.0%
1997 1.05 million ha -1.3%
1998 1.04 million ha -1.8%
1999 1.03 million ha -0.1%
2000 1.03 million ha -0.6%
2001 1.02 million ha -0.4%
2002 1.02 million ha -0.3%
2003 1.01 million ha -1.1%
2004 1.01 million ha -0.3%
2005 1.01 million ha +0.0%
2006 1.03 million ha +2.5%
2007 976,439 ha -5.3%
2008 958,659 ha -1.8%
2009 937,207 ha -2.2%
2010 908,998 ha -3.0%
2011 897,199 ha -1.3%
2012 890,877 ha -0.7%
2013 886,814 ha -0.5%
2014 895,983 ha +1.0%
2015 889,166 ha -0.8%
2016 890,021 ha +0.1%
2017 888,442 ha -0.2%
2018 902,683 ha +1.6%
2019 910,219 ha +0.8%
2020 929,286 ha +2.1%
2021 929,307 ha +0.0%
2022 927,312 ha -0.2%
2023 923,455 ha -0.4%
2024 910,449 ha -1.4%

France compared with similar countries

  • France's 910,449 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 47.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • France's 910,449 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 14.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.62 million ha 1.50 million ha 1.66 million ha 9
1970s 1.43 million ha 1.38 million ha 1.47 million ha 10
1980s 1.25 million ha 1.14 million ha 1.32 million ha 10
1990s 1.08 million ha 1.03 million ha 1.12 million ha 10
2000s 999,644 ha 937,207 ha 1.03 million ha 10
2010s 896,040 ha 886,814 ha 910,219 ha 10
2020s 923,962 ha 910,449 ha 929,307 ha 5

Countries ranked near France

  1. 11 Italy 1.13 million ha compare
  2. 11 Syrian Arab Republic 264,376 ha compare
  3. 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 244,197 ha compare
  4. 12 Thailand 1.05 million ha compare
  5. 13 Indonesia 932,632 ha compare
  6. 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 216,110 ha compare
  7. 14 Republic of Moldova 158,942 ha compare
  8. 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 148,111 ha compare
  9. 15 Colombia 879,624 ha compare
  10. 16 Egypt 795,595 ha compare
  11. 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69,137 ha compare
  12. 17 Pakistan 671,303 ha compare
  13. 17 Polynesia 16,198 ha compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

More agriculture & rural data for France

All data for France →

Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — area harvested in France?
Fruit primary — area harvested in France was 910,449 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in France?
The highest recorded value was 1.66 million ha in 1962.
What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 886,814 ha in 2013.
How does France rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
France ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 30 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/fruit-primary-area-harvested/france/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/fruit-primary-area-harvested/france/">Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fruit Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,778 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.