Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in France
France: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 2,350 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 2,350 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in France peaked at 2,900 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 747 ha, in 1962.
That places France 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,191 ha | — |
| 1962 | 747 ha | -37.3% |
| 1963 | 867 ha | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 886 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 1,055 ha | +19.1% |
| 1966 | 1,055 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,029 ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 1,049 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 1,098 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,114 ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 1,124 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,171 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 1,258 ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 1,400 ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 2,800 ha | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,365 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 2,411 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,270 ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 2,233 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 2,409 ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 2,453 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,364 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 2,517 ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 2,377 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 2,406 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 2,291 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 2,231 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,177 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,159 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2,468 ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 2,604 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 2,625 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,569 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 2,549 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,408 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 2,252 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 2,343 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2,350 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 997.44 ha | 747 ha | 1,191 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,327 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,420 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,419 ha | 2,233 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,344 ha | 2,159 ha | 2,517 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,462 ha | 2,252 ha | 2,625 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in France?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in France was 2,350 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 747 ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- France ranks 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.