France - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in France was 18,126,400 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 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.

See also:

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 17,709,900
1990 17,784,800
1991 17,831,300
1992 17,846,900
1993 18,033,800
1994 18,096,200
1995 18,173,100
1996 18,205,000
1997 18,270,100
1998 18,318,000
1999 18,353,100
2000 18,354,400
2001 18,345,900
2002 18,371,500
2003 18,354,800
2004 18,368,000
2005 18,377,600
2006 18,339,000
2007 18,286,200
2008 18,268,700
2009 18,256,200
2010 18,300,700
2011 18,274,400
2012 18,281,700
2013 18,305,700
2014 18,333,100
2015 18,478,700
2016 18,355,920
2017 18,464,370
2018 18,126,400

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in France was 0.270 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.415 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.270 in 2018.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.415
1962 0.408
1963 0.400
1964 0.388
1965 0.377
1966 0.367
1967 0.356
1968 0.344
1969 0.341
1970 0.335
1971 0.326
1972 0.323
1973 0.321
1974 0.322
1975 0.321
1976 0.316
1977 0.317
1978 0.317
1979 0.317
1980 0.317
1981 0.316
1982 0.317
1983 0.315
1984 0.316
1985 0.316
1986 0.316
1987 0.317
1988 0.309
1989 0.306
1990 0.305
1991 0.304
1992 0.303
1993 0.305
1994 0.305
1995 0.305
1996 0.305
1997 0.305
1998 0.304
1999 0.303
2000 0.301
2001 0.299
2002 0.297
2003 0.295
2004 0.293
2005 0.291
2006 0.288
2007 0.286
2008 0.284
2009 0.282
2010 0.281
2011 0.280
2012 0.278
2013 0.277
2014 0.276
2015 0.278
2016 0.275
2017 0.276
2018 0.270

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in France was 33.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 35.81 in 1961, while its lowest value was 31.10 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 35.81
1962 35.67
1963 35.53
1964 34.84
1965 34.33
1966 33.72
1967 33.01
1968 32.10
1969 32.08
1970 31.81
1971 31.15
1972 31.10
1973 31.22
1974 31.55
1975 31.65
1976 31.29
1977 31.53
1978 31.69
1979 31.78
1980 31.91
1981 32.01
1982 32.24
1983 32.27
1984 32.52
1985 32.73
1986 32.87
1987 33.18
1988 32.53
1989 32.34
1990 32.48
1991 32.56
1992 32.59
1993 32.93
1994 33.05
1995 33.19
1996 33.25
1997 33.37
1998 33.45
1999 33.52
2000 33.52
2001 33.50
2002 33.55
2003 33.50
2004 33.54
2005 33.56
2006 33.49
2007 33.40
2008 33.36
2009 33.34
2010 33.42
2011 33.37
2012 33.39
2013 33.43
2014 33.48
2015 33.75
2016 33.52
2017 33.72
2018 33.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use