Soya beans — Area harvested in France
France: Soya beans — Area harvested was 152,680 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in France is 152,680 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 101.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in France peaked at 187,070 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
France ranks 22nd of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 352 ha | — |
| 1974 | 4,300 ha | +1121.6% |
| 1975 | 1,495 ha | -65.2% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | +27.1% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +113.3% |
| 1979 | 14,314 ha | +347.3% |
| 1980 | 8,500 ha | -40.6% |
| 1981 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 9,800 ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +32.7% |
| 1984 | 22,100 ha | +70.0% |
| 1985 | 27,500 ha | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 47,000 ha | +70.9% |
| 1987 | 81,000 ha | +72.3% |
| 1988 | 94,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1989 | 134,000 ha | +42.6% |
| 1990 | 117,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 66,306 ha | -43.3% |
| 1992 | 42,740 ha | -35.5% |
| 1993 | 56,677 ha | +32.6% |
| 1994 | 99,244 ha | +75.1% |
| 1995 | 100,874 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 84,773 ha | -16.0% |
| 1997 | 96,398 ha | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 109,085 ha | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 98,225 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 77,695 ha | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 120,893 ha | +55.6% |
| 2002 | 74,747 ha | -38.2% |
| 2003 | 80,747 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 58,594 ha | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 57,385 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 45,263 ha | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 32,551 ha | -28.1% |
| 2008 | 21,771 ha | -33.1% |
| 2009 | 43,746 ha | +100.9% |
| 2010 | 50,939 ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 41,571 ha | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 37,367 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 42,999 ha | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 75,789 ha | +76.3% |
| 2015 | 122,529 ha | +61.7% |
| 2016 | 136,518 ha | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 141,829 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 153,850 ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 163,800 ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 187,070 ha | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 154,380 ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 183,910 ha | +19.1% |
| 2023 | 157,750 ha | -14.2% |
| 2024 | 152,680 ha | -3.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 152,680 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 48.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- France's 152,680 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 48.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +1121.6% | 352 ha | 4,300 ha |
| 1979 | +347.3% | 3,200 ha | 14,314 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,706 ha | 0 ha | 14,314 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,570 ha | 8,500 ha | 134,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,132 ha | 42,740 ha | 117,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,339 ha | 21,771 ha | 120,893 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,719 ha | 37,367 ha | 163,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 167,158 ha | 152,680 ha | 187,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
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 soya beans — area harvested in France?
- Soya beans — area harvested in France was 152,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 187,070 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- France ranks 22nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — 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.