Barley — Yield in France
France: Barley — Yield was 5,347 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in France is 5,347 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.1% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in France peaked at 7,124 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,396 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places France 18th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,396 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,758 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 2,909 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 2,877 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 3,036 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 2,809 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 3,504 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1968 | 3,286 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,307 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 2,777 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 3,354 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 3,911 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1973 | 3,912 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,703 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 3,373 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 3,068 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 3,525 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1978 | 4,023 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 3,995 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 4,417 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 3,948 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1982 | 4,203 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 4,094 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 5,462 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1985 | 5,073 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 4,796 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 5,311 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 5,305 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 5,364 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 5,684 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 6,087 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 5,830 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 5,554 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 5,461 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 5,556 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,221 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 6,019 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 6,520 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 6,249 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 6,330 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 5,747 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 6,688 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 5,600 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 6,766 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 6,436 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 6,238 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 5,577 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 6,764 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2009 | 6,836 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 6,385 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 5,681 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 6,739 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2013 | 6,308 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 6,648 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 7,124 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 5,444 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2017 | 6,345 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 6,246 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6,977 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 5,206 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2021 | 6,543 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 6,046 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 6,689 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 5,347 kg/ha | -20.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 5,347 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- France's 5,347 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,987 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,564 kg/ha | 2,777 kg/ha | 4,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,797 kg/ha | 3,948 kg/ha | 5,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,918 kg/ha | 5,461 kg/ha | 6,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,298 kg/ha | 5,577 kg/ha | 6,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,390 kg/ha | 5,444 kg/ha | 7,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,966 kg/ha | 5,206 kg/ha | 6,689 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 barley — yield in France?
- Barley — yield in France was 5,347 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 7,124 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,396 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for barley — yield?
- France ranks 18th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.