Linseed — Yield in France
France: Linseed — Yield was 1,728 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 1,728 kg/ha for linseed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in France peaked at 2,145 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 461.2 kg/ha, in 1965.
France ranks 7th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 886.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 839.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 723 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1964 | 633.4 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1965 | 461.2 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1966 | 629.5 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1967 | 598.7 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 555.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 650 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1970 | 603.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 513 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 570.5 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 590.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 588.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 875 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1976 | 555.6 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1977 | 752.4 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1978 | 650.5 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1979 | 707.6 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 621.4 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1982 | 727.3 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1983 | 563.7 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1984 | 563.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 687.9 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 575.7 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 655.2 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 686.4 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 532.4 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1990 | 597.6 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 1,827 kg/ha | +205.7% |
| 1992 | 1,542 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 1,844 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1994 | 1,760 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,776 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,766 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1,816 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 1,877 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 2,042 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 2,020 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 2,026 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,145 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1,944 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 2,035 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 2,117 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 2,129 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,985 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 2,060 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,140 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,977 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 1,868 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,966 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 1,898 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,371 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2015 | 1,909 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 2016 | 1,730 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 1,880 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 1,851 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,083 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 1,858 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 1,945 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,757 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 1,922 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 1,728 kg/ha | -10.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,728 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,207 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- France's 1,728 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,202 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +205.7% | 597.6 kg/ha | 1,827 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 664.19 kg/ha | 461.2 kg/ha | 886.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 640.73 kg/ha | 513 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 611.33 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 727.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,685 kg/ha | 597.6 kg/ha | 2,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,060 kg/ha | 1,944 kg/ha | 2,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,853 kg/ha | 1,371 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,842 kg/ha | 1,728 kg/ha | 1,945 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 248.9 kg/ha compare
- 4 Latvia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 119.8 kg/ha compare
- 5 Sweden 1,826 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,750 kg/ha compare
- 8 Egypt 1,600 kg/ha compare
- 9 Hungary 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 10 Romania 1,523 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 linseed — yield in France?
- Linseed — yield in France was 1,728 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,145 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 461.2 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does France rank for linseed — yield?
- France ranks 7th out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. 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 Linseed — 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.