Lentils, dry — Yield in France
France: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,288 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, lentils, dry — yield in France stood at 1,288 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in France peaked at 2,103 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 548.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
France ranks 18th of 63 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 961.24 kg/ha | 548.7 kg/ha | 1,416 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,291 kg/ha | 792 kg/ha | 1,699 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,670 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 2,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,471 kg/ha | 898 kg/ha | 1,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,351 kg/ha | 963.6 kg/ha | 1,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,479 kg/ha | 1,288 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
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 lentils, dry — yield in France?
- Lentils, dry — yield in France was 1,288 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,103 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 548.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- France ranks 18th out of 63 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.