Asparagus — Yield in France
France: Asparagus — Yield was 3,726 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 3,726 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in France peaked at 4,880 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,317 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places France 31st out of 49 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,956 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,759 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 2,721 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,590 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 2,497 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 2,548 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 2,317 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 2,816 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1969 | 2,968 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 3,096 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 3,185 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 2,840 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1973 | 2,946 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 3,032 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 2,765 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 2,636 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 2,448 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 2,455 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 2,532 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 2,491 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 2,639 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 2,821 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 2,831 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 2,964 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 3,097 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 3,006 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 3,366 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 3,524 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 3,390 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,906 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 2,836 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 3,551 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1993 | 3,334 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 3,171 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 2,856 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 2,752 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 2,915 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 2,700 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 3,019 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 2,848 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 2,754 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 3,116 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 3,006 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 3,185 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 3,326 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 3,361 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 3,498 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 3,606 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 3,680 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3,826 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 4,636 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2012 | 4,411 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 4,108 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 4,585 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 4,616 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,223 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 4,880 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 4,616 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 4,122 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 4,248 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,952 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 3,971 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,099 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 3,726 kg/ha | -9.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 3,726 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,226 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- France's 3,726 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,200 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,686 kg/ha | 2,317 kg/ha | 2,968 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,794 kg/ha | 2,448 kg/ha | 3,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,013 kg/ha | 2,491 kg/ha | 3,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,004 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 3,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,238 kg/ha | 2,754 kg/ha | 3,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,402 kg/ha | 3,826 kg/ha | 4,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,999 kg/ha | 3,726 kg/ha | 4,248 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 asparagus — yield in France?
- Asparagus — yield in France was 3,726 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 4,880 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,317 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does France rank for asparagus — yield?
- France ranks 31st out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 Asparagus — 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.