Oats — Yield in France
France: Oats — Yield was 3,871 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in France is 3,871 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in France peaked at 6,952 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,798 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places France 14th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,798 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,938 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 2,235 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 2,111 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 2,344 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 2,357 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 2,712 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1968 | 2,665 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,713 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 2,611 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 3,059 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 3,257 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 3,185 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 3,091 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 2,961 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,195 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1977 | 3,048 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1978 | 3,605 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 3,419 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 3,616 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 3,542 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 3,470 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 3,255 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 4,223 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1985 | 4,090 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 3,406 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 4,050 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1988 | 3,930 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 3,884 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 3,865 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 4,096 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 4,134 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 4,178 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 4,131 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,037 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 4,444 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 4,266 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 4,736 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 4,504 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 4,422 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 4,103 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 5,021 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 4,054 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2004 | 4,723 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 4,478 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 4,341 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 3,836 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 4,704 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 4,904 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 4,556 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 4,117 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 4,841 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 4,616 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 6,708 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2015 | 6,952 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 6,603 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 4,743 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2018 | 4,609 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 4,601 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,933 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 4,478 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 3,915 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 4,276 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 3,871 kg/ha | -9.5% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 3,871 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- France's 3,871 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,319 kg/ha | 1,798 kg/ha | 2,713 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,043 kg/ha | 2,195 kg/ha | 3,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,746 kg/ha | 3,255 kg/ha | 4,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,239 kg/ha | 3,865 kg/ha | 4,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,458 kg/ha | 3,836 kg/ha | 5,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,235 kg/ha | 4,117 kg/ha | 6,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,095 kg/ha | 3,871 kg/ha | 4,478 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oats — yield in France?
- Oats — yield in France was 3,871 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 6,952 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,798 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for oats — yield?
- France ranks 14th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. 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 Oats — 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.