Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in France
France: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 411,630 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in France is 411,630 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in France peaked at 633,000 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 295,400 ha, in 1966.
France ranks 13th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 359,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 351,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 370,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 425,300 ha | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 395,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 295,400 ha | -25.3% |
| 1967 | 313,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 403,600 ha | +28.7% |
| 1969 | 400,600 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 403,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 423,700 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 448,400 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 512,000 ha | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 534,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 598,100 ha | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 613,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 581,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 556,400 ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 545,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 549,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 633,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 561,800 ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 490,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1984 | 525,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 490,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 449,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 445,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 432,948 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 433,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 475,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 456,035 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 458,887 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 439,246 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 434,266 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 454,774 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 456,361 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 457,585 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 450,557 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 435,707 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 409,664 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 429,192 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 437,919 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 399,824 ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 384,557 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 378,489 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 379,343 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 393,128 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 349,258 ha | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 373,628 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 383,763 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 391,191 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 382,683 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 393,596 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 407,148 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 385,081 ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 404,985 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 486,097 ha | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 485,850 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 446,600 ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 420,670 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 407,890 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 401,610 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 380,550 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 411,630 ha | +8.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 411,630 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 45.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- France's 411,630 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 25.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368,400 ha | 295,400 ha | 425,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 521,630 ha | 403,300 ha | 613,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500,965 ha | 432,948 ha | 633,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 451,842 ha | 434,266 ha | 475,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393,500 ha | 349,258 ha | 437,919 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 416,699 ha | 382,683 ha | 486,097 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 404,470 ha | 380,550 ha | 420,670 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
- 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 41 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in France?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in France was 411,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 633,000 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 295,400 ha in 1966.
- How does France rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- France ranks 13th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.