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Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in France was 18,345,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,606,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 17,027,000 in 1972.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	19,606,000
1962	19,530,000
1963	19,455,000
1964	19,078,000
1965	18,796,000
1966	18,463,000
1967	18,076,000
1968	17,579,000
1969	17,565,000
1970	17,417,000
1971	17,056,000
1972	17,027,000
1973	17,096,000
1974	17,278,000
1975	17,333,000
1976	17,131,000
1977	17,265,000
1978	17,353,000
1979	17,401,000
1980	17,472,000
1981	17,526,000
1982	17,651,000
1983	17,669,000
1984	17,809,000
1985	17,923,000
1986	17,998,000
1987	18,167,000
1988	17,813,000
1989	17,908,000
1990	17,999,000
1991	18,028,000
1992	18,046,000
1993	18,255,000
1994	18,316,000
1995	18,310,000
1996	18,288,000
1997	18,320,000
1998	18,345,000
1999	18,362,000
2000	18,440,000
2001	18,447,000
2002	18,449,000
2003	18,459,000
2004	18,461,000
2005	18,517,000
2006	18,482,000
2007	18,433,000
2008	18,337,000
2009	18,345,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in France was 0.28 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.42 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.28 in 2009.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	0.42
1962	0.41
1963	0.40
1964	0.39
1965	0.38
1966	0.37
1967	0.36
1968	0.34
1969	0.34
1970	0.34
1971	0.33
1972	0.32
1973	0.32
1974	0.32
1975	0.32
1976	0.32
1977	0.32
1978	0.32
1979	0.32
1980	0.32
1981	0.32
1982	0.32
1983	0.32
1984	0.32
1985	0.32
1986	0.32
1987	0.32
1988	0.31
1989	0.31
1990	0.31
1991	0.31
1992	0.31
1993	0.31
1994	0.31
1995	0.31
1996	0.31
1997	0.31
1998	0.30
1999	0.30
2000	0.30
2001	0.30
2002	0.30
2003	0.30
2004	0.30
2005	0.29
2006	0.29
2007	0.29
2008	0.29
2009	0.28

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in France was 33.50 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 35.80 in 1961, while its lowest value was 31.09 in 1972.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	35.80
1962	35.66
1963	35.52
1964	34.83
1965	34.32
1966	33.71
1967	33.01
1968	32.10
1969	32.07
1970	31.80
1971	31.14
1972	31.09
1973	31.22
1974	31.55
1975	31.65
1976	31.28
1977	31.52
1978	31.69
1979	31.77
1980	31.90
1981	32.00
1982	32.23
1983	32.26
1984	32.52
1985	32.73
1986	32.86
1987	33.17
1988	32.53
1989	32.70
1990	32.86
1991	32.92
1992	32.95
1993	33.33
1994	33.44
1995	33.43
1996	33.39
1997	33.45
1998	33.50
1999	33.53
2000	33.67
2001	33.68
2002	33.69
2003	33.70
2004	33.71
2005	33.81
2006	33.75
2007	33.66
2008	33.48
2009	33.50

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use