Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France
France: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 910,449 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 11 Italy 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 264,376 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 244,197 ha compare
- 12 Thailand 1.05 million ha compare
- 13 Indonesia 932,632 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 216,110 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 158,942 ha compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 148,111 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 879,624 ha compare
- 16 Egypt 795,595 ha compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69,137 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 671,303 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 16,198 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 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.
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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.