Green corn (maize) — Production in France
France: Green corn (maize) — Production was 459,300 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Production in France, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — production in France stood at 459,300 t.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — production in France peaked at 525,229 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1987.
That places France 8th out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0 t | — |
| 1988 | 260,000 t | — |
| 1989 | 270,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 290,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 300,800 t | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 274,936 t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 299,752 t | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 341,474 t | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 406,811 t | +19.1% |
| 1996 | 437,427 t | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 401,142 t | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 494,590 t | +23.3% |
| 1999 | 445,508 t | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 453,926 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 492,611 t | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 525,229 t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 508,440 t | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 521,460 t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 496,245 t | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 464,264 t | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 512,501 t | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 479,718 t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 361,697 t | -24.6% |
| 2010 | 312,341 t | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 414,613 t | +32.7% |
| 2012 | 366,343 t | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 350,774 t | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 403,115 t | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 373,707 t | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 354,330 t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 420,312 t | +18.6% |
| 2018 | 455,566 t | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 446,659 t | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 424,803 t | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 460,902 t | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 412,777 t | -10.4% |
| 2024 | 459,300 t | +11.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 459,300 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,212 t, 41.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- France's 459,300 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15,094 t, 30.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 176,667 t | 0 t | 270,000 t | 3 |
| 1990s | 369,244 t | 274,936 t | 494,590 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 481,609 t | 361,697 t | 525,229 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 389,776 t | 312,341 t | 455,566 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 439,446 t | 412,777 t | 460,902 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 5 Indonesia 599,226 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 52,419 t compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26,465 t compare
- 6 Hungary 517,779 t compare
- 7 Peru 467,270 t compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 4,350 t compare
- 8 Polynesia 40.32 t compare
- 9 South Africa 418,357 t compare
- 9 Micronesia 0.56 t compare
- 10 Thailand 358,255 t compare
- 11 Guinea 302,462 t 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 green corn (maize) — production in France?
- Green corn (maize) — production in France was 459,300 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 525,229 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1987.
- How does France rank for green corn (maize) — production?
- France ranks 8th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Production. 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.