Beans, dry — Yield in France
France: Beans, dry — Yield was 2,414 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 2,414 kg/ha for beans, dry — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in France peaked at 3,046 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 842.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
France ranks 22nd of 127 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 907.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 842.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 1,084 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1964 | 913.4 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1965 | 1,050 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1966 | 1,373 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1967 | 1,011 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1968 | 1,340 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1969 | 1,152 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 1,320 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 1,292 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 1,272 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,599 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1974 | 1,203 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 1,169 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 897.4 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1977 | 1,714 kg/ha | +91.0% |
| 1978 | 1,762 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 1,737 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 1,611 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 1,750 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 1,882 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 1,750 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 1,728 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,910 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 1,882 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 1,857 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 1,973 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 1,667 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1990 | 1,306 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 1,550 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1992 | 1,800 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1993 | 2,098 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1994 | 2,093 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,254 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 2,241 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 2,226 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,274 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 2,862 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2000 | 3,046 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 2,839 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 2,849 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,892 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,529 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 2,798 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 2,645 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,533 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 2,573 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 2,552 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,263 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 2,141 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 2,059 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 1,863 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 1,927 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 2,164 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 2,125 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,414 kg/ha | +13.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,414 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,764 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- France's 2,414 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,908 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +91.0% | 897.4 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,075 kg/ha | 842.8 kg/ha | 1,373 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,396 kg/ha | 897.4 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,801 kg/ha | 1,611 kg/ha | 1,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,070 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 2,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,726 kg/ha | 2,529 kg/ha | 3,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,119 kg/ha | 1,863 kg/ha | 2,414 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
- 19 Canada 2,654 kg/ha compare
- 20 Malta 2,604 kg/ha compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 849.6 kg/ha compare
- 21 Serbia and Montenegro 2,535 kg/ha compare
- 23 Greece 2,243 kg/ha compare
- 24 Yemen 2,219 kg/ha compare
- 25 Sudan (former) 2,215 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 beans, dry — yield in France?
- Beans, dry — yield in France was 2,414 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3,046 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 842.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for beans, dry — yield?
- France ranks 22nd out of 127 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.