Sunflower seed — Area harvested in France
France: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 753,680 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in France is 753,680 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in France peaked at 1.15 million ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7,144 ha, in 1961.
France ranks 13th of 90 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,466 ha | 7,144 ha | 32,960 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,652 ha | 32,000 ha | 80,623 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 594,580 ha | 102,900 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 947,588 ha | 802,582 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 652,905 ha | 519,501 ha | 728,555 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 644,171 ha | 536,962 ha | 770,852 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 784,336 ha | 698,360 ha | 870,560 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.54 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in France?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in France was 753,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,144 ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- France ranks 13th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.