World Bank · Agriculture

France: Arable land (hectares)

16.88Mhectares · 2024-7.9% since 2014

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. Annual figures for France from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

Year	Value (hectares)	Note
2024	16,881,995
2023	16,923,894
2022	16,982,213
2021	17,012,598
2020	16,984,666
2019	17,942,785.5
2018	18,126,400
2017	18,464,367
2016	18,355,916
2015	18,478,700
2014	18,333,100
2013	18,305,700
2012	18,281,700
2011	18,274,400
2010	18,300,700
2009	18,256,200
2008	18,268,700
2007	18,286,200
2006	18,339,000
2005	18,377,600
2004	18,368,000
2003	18,354,800
2002	18,371,500
2001	18,345,900
2000	18,354,400
1999	18,353,100
1998	18,318,000
1997	18,270,100
1996	18,205,000
1995	18,173,100
1994	18,096,200
1993	18,033,800
1992	17,846,900
1991	17,831,300
1990	17,784,800
1989	17,709,900
1988	17,813,000
1987	18,167,000
1986	17,998,000
1985	17,923,000
1984	17,809,000
1983	17,669,000
1982	17,651,000
1981	17,526,000
1980	17,472,000
1979	17,401,000
1978	17,353,000
1977	17,265,000
1976	17,131,000
1975	17,333,000
1974	17,278,000
1973	17,096,000
1972	17,027,000
1971	17,056,000
1970	17,417,000
1969	17,565,000
1968	17,579,000
1967	18,076,000
1966	18,463,000
1965	18,796,000
1964	19,078,000
1963	19,455,000
1962	19,530,000
1961	19,606,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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