Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in France
France: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.6004 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
France recorded 0.6004 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2017.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in France peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.5773, in 1999.
France ranks 50th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8211 | 0.7166 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6958 | 0.6154 | 0.7784 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6332 | 0.6074 | 0.6979 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6222 | 0.5773 | 0.6689 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6208 | 0.5775 | 0.6851 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6203 | 0.5839 | 0.6783 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in France?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in France was 0.6004 in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5773 in 1999.
- How does France rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- France ranks 50th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).