Buckwheat — Yield in France
France: Buckwheat — Yield was 3,519 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Yield in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, buckwheat — yield in France stood at 3,519 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 21.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — yield in France peaked at 3,816 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 947.7 kg/ha, in 1964.
France ranks 1st of 32 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,231 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,120 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 1,027 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 947.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,013 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 1,076 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,206 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 1,220 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,213 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,172 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 1,301 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 1,302 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1,268 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 1,357 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 1,294 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 1,045 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 1,259 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1978 | 1,335 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,369 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1,410 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 1,385 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,351 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 1,554 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1984 | 1,571 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,725 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 1,714 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1,897 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 1,911 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 2,434 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1991 | 2,725 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 2,758 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 3,118 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 2,910 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 2,256 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1996 | 2,012 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 2,263 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 2,538 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 2,444 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 2,453 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,632 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 2,944 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 2,760 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 3,504 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2005 | 3,395 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,719 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 3,556 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2008 | 2,866 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 3,103 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 3,412 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 2,958 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 3,398 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 3,479 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 3,698 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 3,816 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 2,900 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 3,519 kg/ha | +21.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 3,519 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 971.1 kg/ha, 3.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- France's 3,519 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 938.1 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,117 kg/ha | 947.7 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,270 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 1,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,609 kg/ha | 1,351 kg/ha | 1,911 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,546 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 3,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,993 kg/ha | 2,453 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,397 kg/ha | 2,900 kg/ha | 3,816 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
- 2 Czechia 2,550 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 1,042 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,861 kg/ha compare
- 4 Poland 1,450 kg/ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 200 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 buckwheat — yield in France?
- Buckwheat — yield in France was 3,519 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3,816 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 947.7 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does France rank for buckwheat — yield?
- France ranks 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Buckwheat — 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.