Agriculture & Rural in France

32 indicators covering agriculture & rural for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% 2024 up 4.2% 88th
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% 2024 down 10.4% 89th
Rural population 21.2% 2025 down 4.9% 151st
Rural population growth 0.0% 2025 up 102.3% 112th
Rural population 14.54 million 2025 down 1.8% 39th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% 2025 down 6.7% 168th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.24 billion current US$ 2025 up 28.6% 17th
Land under cereal production 8.53 million hectares 2024 down 11.2% 22nd
Cereal yield 6,281 kg per hectare 2024 down 17.1% 22nd
Cereal production 53.55 million metric tons 2024 down 26.4% 11th
Fertilizer consumption 131.32 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 22.5% 66th
Land area 538,950 sq. km 2023 unchanged 48th
Agricultural land 282,972 sq. km 2023 down 1.7% 41st
Agricultural land 52.5% 2023 down 1.7% 57th
Arable land 16.90 million hectares 2023 down 7.7% 18th
Permanent cropland 1.9% 2023 up 3.1% 93rd
Arable land 31.4% 2023 down 7.7% 28th
Arable land 0.2472 hectares per person 2023 down 10.9% 38th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 down 15.6% 152nd
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 3.2% 2025 down 14.4% 155th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 2.3% 2025 down 15.0% 155th
Average precipitation in depth 867 mm per year 2022 unchanged 100th
Crop production index 94.72 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 2.6% 151st
Food production index 94.02 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 3.9% 165th
Livestock production index 93.18 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 5.5% 166th
Forest area 32.5% 2023 up 5.0% 103rd
Forest area 175,032 sq. km 2023 up 5.0% 37th
Fertilizer consumption 7,180.7% 2023 up 1,613.4% 6th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 10.3% 2022 down 0.8% 146th
Surface area 606,410 sq. km 2023 up 10.4% 45th
Access to electricity, rural 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Agricultural irrigated land 6.4% 2020 up 17.4% 38th