Sugar beet — Production in France
France: Sugar beet — Production was 32.59 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Production in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
France recorded 32.59 million t for sugar beet — production in 2024.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — production in France peaked at 46.30 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.56 million t, in 1962.
France ranks 4th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.24 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.56 million t | -12.6% |
| 1963 | 13.95 million t | +20.6% |
| 1964 | 16.24 million t | +16.4% |
| 1965 | 16.96 million t | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 12.89 million t | -24.0% |
| 1967 | 12.77 million t | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 17.56 million t | +37.5% |
| 1969 | 17.90 million t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 17.54 million t | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 19.97 million t | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 19.28 million t | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 22.69 million t | +17.7% |
| 1974 | 21.56 million t | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 23.66 million t | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 22.87 million t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 27.13 million t | +18.6% |
| 1978 | 24.49 million t | -9.7% |
| 1979 | 26.06 million t | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 28.44 million t | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 36.43 million t | +28.1% |
| 1982 | 32.33 million t | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 26.32 million t | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 28.75 million t | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 29.98 million t | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 25.83 million t | -13.8% |
| 1987 | 26.47 million t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 28.59 million t | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 28.31 million t | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 31.75 million t | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 29.41 million t | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 31.53 million t | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 31.62 million t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 28.90 million t | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 30.34 million t | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 30.92 million t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 34.01 million t | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 30.79 million t | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 32.47 million t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 31.12 million t | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 26.85 million t | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 33.46 million t | +24.6% |
| 2003 | 29.33 million t | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 30.79 million t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 31.15 million t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 29.87 million t | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 33.23 million t | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 30.32 million t | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 35.16 million t | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 31.87 million t | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 37.94 million t | +19.0% |
| 2012 | 33.08 million t | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 33.63 million t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 37.84 million t | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 33.51 million t | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 34.57 million t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 46.30 million t | +33.9% |
| 2018 | 39.91 million t | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 38.02 million t | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 26.16 million t | -31.2% |
| 2021 | 34.37 million t | +31.3% |
| 2022 | 31.50 million t | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 30.58 million t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 32.59 million t | +6.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 32.59 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 865,715 t, 37.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- France's 32.59 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 856,310 t, 38.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.79 million t | 11.56 million t | 17.90 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.52 million t | 17.54 million t | 27.13 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.15 million t | 25.83 million t | 36.43 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.17 million t | 28.90 million t | 34.01 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.13 million t | 26.85 million t | 35.16 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.67 million t | 31.87 million t | 46.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.04 million t | 26.16 million t | 34.37 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 1 USSR 65.93 million t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
- 3 Germany 36.68 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.09 million t compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
- 5 Poland 18.43 million t compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 23,856 t compare
- 6 Egypt 13.88 million t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 6,090 t compare
- 7 Ukraine 12.80 million t 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 sugar beet — production in France?
- Sugar beet — production in France was 32.59 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 46.30 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.56 million t in 1962.
- How does France rank for sugar beet — production?
- France ranks 4th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. 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 Sugar beet — Production. 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.