France vs Saudi Arabia: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- France
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 6,350 kg/ha against 5,974 kg/ha in France, a difference of 376 kg/ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 15th and Saudi Arabia ranks 12th of 133 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,140 kg/ha | 1,653 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | France |
| 1970s | 4,263 kg/ha | 1,736 kg/ha | 2,528 kg/ha | France |
| 1980s | 5,652 kg/ha | 3,522 kg/ha | 2,130 kg/ha | France |
| 1990s | 6,782 kg/ha | 4,471 kg/ha | 2,311 kg/ha | France |
| 2000s | 6,954 kg/ha | 5,294 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | France |
| 2010s | 7,032 kg/ha | 6,146 kg/ha | 885.66 kg/ha | France |
| 2020s | 6,756 kg/ha | 6,496 kg/ha | 259.3 kg/ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, France or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 6,350 kg/ha against 5,974 kg/ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between France and Saudi Arabia?
- 376 kg/ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Saudi Arabia rank globally for wheat — yield?
- France ranks 15th and Saudi Arabia ranks 12th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.