True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in France
France: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 22,960 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in France stood at 22,960 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.3% on the previous year and up 111.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in France peaked at 22,960 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 1969.
France ranks 2nd of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 1,160 ha | 80 ha | 1,995 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 484 ha | 130 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,203 ha | 130 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,352 ha | 130 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,638 ha | 7,144 ha | 11,584 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,327 ha | 7,181 ha | 17,658 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,498 ha | 17,530 ha | 22,960 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 1 USSR 31,000 ha compare
- 3 China, People's Republic of 18,811 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 18,811 ha compare
- 5 Germany 4,800 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in France?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in France was 22,960 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 22,960 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 1969.
- How does France rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- France ranks 2nd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.1%. 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 True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.