France agricultural output: potatoes
France agricultural output: potatoes stood at 2,765 EUR million in 2025, according to Eurostat – crop production in EU standard humidity (apro_cpsh1), French agricultural statistics. It is one of the indicators in the Agriculture: annual production and accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1973 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Agriculture: annual production and accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural goods, including fruit and vegetables | 80,747.81 | 77,853.35 | 85,355.46 | 86,908.05 | 72,693.47 | 66,819.87 | 70,618.33 | 70,976.19 | 66,598.82 | 63,919.92 | |
| Total crop output, including fruit and vegetables | 43,441.59 | 43,720.22 | 50,876.75 | 54,032.9 | 45,488.43 | 40,174.37 | 43,986.89 | 44,954.24 | 40,542.25 | 39,253.18 | |
| Potatoes (including seeds) | 2,765 | 3,432.69 | 2,727.7 | 2,296.51 | 1,990.94 | 1,781.2 | 3,973.77 | 3,427.65 | 2,419.86 | 2,485.53 |
Understanding france agricultural output: potatoes
This economic series measures the total value of potato production, encompassing both table potatoes destined for direct human consumption, varieties sold to processing industries for crisps and fries, and tubers retained on farms for use as seeds. Distinguished from cereal grains and root crops grown for sugar, this indicator isolates a starchy tuber with distinct storage and market characteristics. The valuation is calculated at basic prices, incorporating product-specific subsidies and excluding product taxes.
Reading this dataset requires awareness that potato prices can exhibit extreme cyclical volatility driven by regional harvest surpluses or shortfalls, which directly impact annual revenue totals. Revisions between provisional harvest estimates and final economic accounts are frequent due to difficulties in measuring quantities held in private storage facilities over winter. Analysts should avoid assuming that price movements in this tuber market mirror cereal grain trends, as storage costs and perishability create distinct market dynamics. Comparisons with processed potato products should account for the value added by industrial cutting, frying, and freezing operations.
Frequently asked questions
- Are tubers kept on the farm for planting included in the valuation?
- Yes, seed potatoes retained for subsequent cultivation are counted alongside commercial market sales.
- Why do annual figures for this crop often experience substantial post-harvest revisions?
- Estimating the volume and value of potatoes held in long-term storage introduces uncertainty into early accounts.
- Does this indicator cover frozen french fries sold in supermarkets?
- No, industrial processing outputs are excluded to maintain a focus on primary agricultural production.