Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in France
France: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 20,568 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in France, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 20,568 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in France peaked at 31,859 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1987.
That places France 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1989 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 18,758 ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 19,321 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 17,805 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 20,631 ha | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 22,658 ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 23,125 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 23,763 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 26,216 ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 25,932 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 24,681 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 26,197 ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 31,365 ha | +19.7% |
| 2003 | 31,859 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 28,544 ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 26,272 ha | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 25,121 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 26,663 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 25,599 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 18,666 ha | -27.1% |
| 2010 | 16,792 ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 21,431 ha | +27.6% |
| 2012 | 19,935 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 19,841 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 20,582 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 17,737 ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 18,521 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 20,677 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 22,488 ha | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 22,017 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 23,327 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 22,139 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 21,739 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 20,568 ha | -5.4% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 20,568 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 21.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- France's 20,568 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,800 ha, 11.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,333 ha | 0 ha | 16,000 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 21,521 ha | 17,000 ha | 26,216 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,497 ha | 18,666 ha | 31,859 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,002 ha | 16,792 ha | 22,488 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,943 ha | 20,568 ha | 23,327 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 9 Croatia 28,700 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 76,532 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
- 11 Japan 20,874 ha compare
- 13 China 20,299 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 ha compare
- 15 Canada 16,070 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in France?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in France was 20,568 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 31,859 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1987.
- How does France rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- France ranks 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.