Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in France
France: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 2,727 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in France, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — yield in France stood at 2,727 kg/ha.
The figure is down 20.1% on the previous year and down 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in France peaked at 3,729 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,170 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places France 15th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,784 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 2,794 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 3,149 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 2,966 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 2,409 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1996 | 2,170 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 2,406 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 2,660 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 2,444 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 2,454 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,632 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 2,937 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 2,776 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 3,508 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2005 | 3,398 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 3,205 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 2,652 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2008 | 2,869 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 3,101 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 3,424 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 2,931 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 3,404 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 3,482 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 3,696 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 3,729 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2,938 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 2,958 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 3,240 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 3,517 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 3,074 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 3,545 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 3,367 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 3,411 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 2,727 kg/ha | -20.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,727 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,651 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- France's 2,727 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,636 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,642 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 3,149 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 2,953 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 3,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,332 kg/ha | 2,931 kg/ha | 3,729 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,225 kg/ha | 2,727 kg/ha | 3,545 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
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 cereals n.e.c. — yield in France?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in France was 2,727 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3,729 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,170 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does France rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- France ranks 15th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.2%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.