Flax, raw or retted — Yield in France
France: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 6,691 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 6,691 kg/ha for flax, raw or retted — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 70.3% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in France peaked at 8,000 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 969.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places France 1st out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,147 kg/ha | 969.7 kg/ha | 1,634 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,256 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,462 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,879 kg/ha | 1,264 kg/ha | 6,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,792 kg/ha | 4,194 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,641 kg/ha | 4,493 kg/ha | 7,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,398 kg/ha | 3,929 kg/ha | 6,691 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,500 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium 4,922 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 4,265 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.54 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in France?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in France was 6,691 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 969.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- France ranks 1st out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Flax, raw or retted — 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.