Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in France
France: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 245,988 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in France is 245,988 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in France peaked at 638,717 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 216,278 ha, in 2018.
That places France 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 596,265 ha | — |
| 1962 | 614,456 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 638,717 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 618,571 ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 600,984 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 580,501 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 592,263 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 574,428 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 586,489 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 579,680 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 562,569 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 539,290 ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 530,128 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 508,466 ha | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 530,115 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 480,995 ha | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 522,919 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 525,748 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 491,363 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 500,565 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 433,162 ha | -13.5% |
| 1982 | 467,917 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 448,817 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 427,700 ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 440,415 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 377,620 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 417,550 ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 413,845 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 436,112 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 443,015 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 306,039 ha | -30.9% |
| 1992 | 299,308 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 282,774 ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 280,359 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 288,332 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 285,429 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 277,930 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 281,735 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 276,013 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 263,849 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 265,489 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 270,312 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 267,812 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 253,060 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 239,666 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 226,142 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 239,589 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 239,018 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 247,373 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 235,105 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 242,543 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 232,309 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 220,032 ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 227,745 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 223,693 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 230,699 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 237,807 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 216,278 ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 216,587 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 257,437 ha | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 267,809 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 231,579 ha | -13.5% |
| 2023 | 242,940 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 245,988 ha | +1.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 245,988 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 29.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- France's 245,988 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 8.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600,297 ha | 574,428 ha | 638,717 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 527,127 ha | 480,995 ha | 579,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 436,370 ha | 377,620 ha | 500,565 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 302,093 ha | 276,013 ha | 443,015 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 251,231 ha | 226,142 ha | 270,312 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228,280 ha | 216,278 ha | 242,543 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,151 ha | 231,579 ha | 267,809 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 202,470 ha compare
- 25 Spain 315,060 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 276,194 ha compare
- 27 Sudan 260,201 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 1,187 ha compare
- 29 Uganda 244,443 ha compare
- 30 Yugoslav SFR 237,089 ha compare
- 31 Peru 227,546 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in France?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in France was 245,988 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 638,717 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 216,278 ha in 2018.
- How does France rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- France ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Vegetables 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.