China vs France: Millet yields

China

3.15 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

France

3.79 tonnes per hectare

in 2017

China rank

6th

France rank

5th

Millet yields over time

France currently reports 3.79 tonnes per hectare against 3.15 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.6471 tonnes per hectare.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

China ranks 6th and France ranks 5th of 88 countries.

Indicator: Millet yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 4,540 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.