France - Agricultural land

Agricultural land (sq. km)

The value for Agricultural land (sq. km) in France was 286,601 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 345,390 in 1961 and a minimum value of 286,601 in 2018.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

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

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Year Value
1961 345,390
1962 344,400
1963 343,540
1964 341,090
1965 340,010
1966 338,460
1967 336,290
1968 331,780
1969 331,730
1970 324,950
1971 326,230
1972 325,150
1973 324,600
1974 324,420
1975 323,570
1976 320,210
1977 319,100
1978 319,610
1979 318,340
1980 317,220
1981 316,870
1982 316,460
1983 315,650
1984 315,080
1985 314,420
1986 313,950
1987 313,530
1988 308,300
1989 307,409
1990 305,928
1991 304,849
1992 303,843
1993 302,913
1994 302,049
1995 301,502
1996 300,963
1997 300,396
1998 299,800
1999 299,291
2000 298,074
2001 297,133
2002 296,107
2003 295,346
2004 294,584
2005 293,904
2006 293,127
2007 292,061
2008 291,101
2009 290,199
2010 289,263
2011 288,786
2012 288,448
2013 287,737
2014 287,665
2015 287,269
2016 287,180
2017 286,975
2018 286,601

Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agricultural land (% of land area) in France was 52.34 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 63.08 in 1961, while its lowest value was 52.34 in 2018.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 63.08
1962 62.90
1963 62.74
1964 62.29
1965 62.09
1966 61.81
1967 61.42
1968 60.59
1969 60.58
1970 59.34
1971 59.58
1972 59.38
1973 59.28
1974 59.25
1975 59.09
1976 58.48
1977 58.28
1978 58.37
1979 58.14
1980 57.93
1981 57.87
1982 57.79
1983 57.65
1984 57.54
1985 57.42
1986 57.34
1987 57.26
1988 56.30
1989 56.14
1990 55.87
1991 55.67
1992 55.49
1993 55.32
1994 55.16
1995 55.06
1996 54.96
1997 54.86
1998 54.75
1999 54.66
2000 54.44
2001 54.26
2002 54.08
2003 53.91
2004 53.80
2005 53.68
2006 53.53
2007 53.34
2008 53.16
2009 53.00
2010 52.83
2011 52.74
2012 52.68
2013 52.55
2014 52.54
2015 52.46
2016 52.45
2017 52.41
2018 52.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use