Sugar Crops Primary — Production in France
France: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 32.59 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in France stood at 32.59 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in France peaked at 46.30 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.56 million t, in 1962.
That places France 11th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 666,600 t, 48.9× the median. (45 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
- 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
- 9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.68 million t compare
- 10 Germany 36.68 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t compare
- 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t compare
- 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 1.64 million t compare
- 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 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 crops primary — production in France?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 46.30 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.56 million t in 1962.
- How does France rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- France ranks 11th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — 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.