Apples — Yield in France
France: Apples — Yield was 37,226 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in France stood at 37,226 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in France peaked at 49,055 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 19,658 kg/ha, in 1981.
France ranks 9th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,055 kg/ha | +123.0% |
| 1963 | 24,601 kg/ha | -49.9% |
| 1964 | 32,013 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1965 | 34,730 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 24,980 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1967 | 41,694 kg/ha | +66.9% |
| 1968 | 37,470 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1969 | 34,342 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 43,367 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1971 | 33,852 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1972 | 30,835 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 39,540 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 34,544 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 40,086 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 32,670 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1977 | 22,868 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1978 | 42,248 kg/ha | +84.7% |
| 1979 | 33,707 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1980 | 39,699 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 19,658 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1982 | 27,650 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1983 | 28,071 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 41,229 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1985 | 24,726 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1986 | 24,556 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 28,599 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1988 | 27,468 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 27,692 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 28,366 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 21,450 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1992 | 39,611 kg/ha | +84.7% |
| 1993 | 33,641 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1994 | 35,474 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 36,572 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 35,241 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 36,208 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 32,383 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 39,463 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 40,179 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 37,332 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 40,328 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 35,387 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 38,005 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 39,149 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 38,264 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 41,199 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 40,448 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 41,980 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 42,810 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 44,371 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 33,743 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2013 | 44,906 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2014 | 36,826 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2015 | 39,640 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 36,353 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 33,711 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 34,435 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 34,812 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 31,866 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 30,125 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 33,056 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 35,213 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 37,226 kg/ha | +5.7% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 37,226 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- France's 37,226 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +123.0% | 22,000 kg/ha | 49,055 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,432 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 49,055 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,372 kg/ha | 22,868 kg/ha | 43,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,935 kg/ha | 19,658 kg/ha | 41,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,841 kg/ha | 21,450 kg/ha | 39,611 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,227 kg/ha | 35,387 kg/ha | 41,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,161 kg/ha | 33,711 kg/ha | 44,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,497 kg/ha | 30,125 kg/ha | 37,226 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 6 Republic of Moldova 10,844 kg/ha compare
- 6 South Africa 42,688 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 42,292 kg/ha compare
- 8 Israel 39,784 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 3,843 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 36,952 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 35,719 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33,409 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in France?
- Apples — yield in France was 37,226 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 49,055 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,658 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does France rank for apples — yield?
- France ranks 9th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.