Maize (corn) — Yield in France
France: Maize (corn) — Yield was 9,204 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in France stood at 9,204 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in France peaked at 10,124 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,149 kg/ha, in 1962.
France ranks 24th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,751 kg/ha | 2,149 kg/ha | 5,264 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,901 kg/ha | 4,030 kg/ha | 5,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,377 kg/ha | 5,317 kg/ha | 7,276 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,971 kg/ha | 6,019 kg/ha | 9,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,710 kg/ha | 7,150 kg/ha | 9,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,007 kg/ha | 8,159 kg/ha | 10,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,857 kg/ha | 7,470 kg/ha | 9,912 kg/ha | 5 |
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 maize (corn) — yield in France?
- Maize (corn) — yield in France was 9,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 10,124 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,149 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- France ranks 24th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.