Rice — Area harvested in France
France: Rice — Area harvested was 13,480 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in France is 13,480 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in France peaked at 33,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5,300 ha, in 1981.
That places France 76th out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,100 ha | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 29,530 ha | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 30,017 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 29,704 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 27,991 ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 27,190 ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 24,487 ha | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 22,913 ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 21,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 20,200 ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 17,900 ha | -11.4% |
| 1973 | 15,900 ha | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 14,500 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 10,200 ha | -29.7% |
| 1976 | 7,800 ha | -23.5% |
| 1977 | 11,100 ha | +42.3% |
| 1978 | 11,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 6,900 ha | -38.9% |
| 1980 | 6,600 ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 5,300 ha | -19.7% |
| 1982 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1984 | 9,200 ha | +31.4% |
| 1985 | 11,200 ha | +21.7% |
| 1986 | 11,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 11,952 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 14,336 ha | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 17,530 ha | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 20,400 ha | +16.4% |
| 1991 | 21,595 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 24,355 ha | +12.8% |
| 1993 | 26,405 ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 28,120 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 26,180 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 22,930 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 21,570 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 19,530 ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 18,100 ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 19,870 ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 19,180 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 18,490 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 19,040 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 20,160 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 17,850 ha | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 17,310 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 20,994 ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 19,362 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 23,888 ha | +23.4% |
| 2010 | 23,828 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 23,177 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 22,180 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 20,508 ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 16,771 ha | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 16,167 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 16,713 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 17,147 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 13,280 ha | -22.6% |
| 2019 | 15,100 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 14,320 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 12,030 ha | -16.0% |
| 2022 | 11,760 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 12,120 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 13,480 ha | +11.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 13,480 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 32.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,437 ha | 22,913 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,730 ha | 6,900 ha | 21,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,022 ha | 5,300 ha | 17,530 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,918 ha | 18,100 ha | 28,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,614 ha | 17,310 ha | 23,888 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,487 ha | 13,280 ha | 23,828 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,742 ha | 11,760 ha | 14,320 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 73 Chile 17,370 ha compare
- 74 Angola 17,169 ha compare
- 75 Costa Rica 14,742 ha compare
- 77 Tajikistan 12,218 ha compare
- 78 Bulgaria 12,150 ha compare
- 79 Kyrgyzstan 11,907 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 rice — area harvested in France?
- Rice — area harvested in France was 13,480 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 33,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,300 ha in 1981.
- How does France rank for rice — area harvested?
- France ranks 76th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Rice — 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.