Green corn (maize) — Yield in France
France: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 22,331 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in France, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 22,331 kg/ha for green corn (maize) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 17.6% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in France peaked at 22,331 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,230 kg/ha, in 1992.
France ranks 5th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 17,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 16,875 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 17,059 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 16,036 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 14,230 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 16,835 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 16,552 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 17,954 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 18,916 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 16,881 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 18,866 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 17,180 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 18,392 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 18,804 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 16,746 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 15,959 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 18,269 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 18,889 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 18,481 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 19,221 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 18,740 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 19,377 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 18,601 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 19,346 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 18,377 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 17,679 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 19,586 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 21,069 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 19,131 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 20,328 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 20,258 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 20,287 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 18,211 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 20,819 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 18,988 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 22,331 kg/ha | +17.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 22,331 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- France's 22,331 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,730 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17,104 kg/ha | 16,875 kg/ha | 17,333 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 17,051 kg/ha | 14,230 kg/ha | 18,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,288 kg/ha | 15,959 kg/ha | 19,377 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,466 kg/ha | 17,679 kg/ha | 21,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,087 kg/ha | 18,211 kg/ha | 22,331 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 2 Croatia 26,679 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kazakhstan 25,572 kg/ha compare
- 4 Panama 25,116 kg/ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 7,262 kg/ha compare
- 5 Micronesia 3,776 kg/ha compare
- 6 Israel 21,957 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 3,658 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,795 kg/ha compare
- 7 Serbia 20,442 kg/ha compare
- 8 Palestine 19,220 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 green corn (maize) — yield in France?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in France was 22,331 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 22,331 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,230 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does France rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- France ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.