Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in France
France: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 1,266 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in France is 1,266 kg/ha, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is up 22.1% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in France peaked at 1,266 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 420.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
France ranks 26th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 486.7 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1963 | 449.2 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 517.2 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 554.3 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 536.2 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 630.1 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1968 | 627.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 626.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 626.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 707 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 752.1 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 724.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 687.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 636.9 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 632.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 546.2 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 780.6 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 735.4 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 958.8 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1981 | 836.5 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 898.6 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 775.2 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 929.5 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 985.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 861.3 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1987 | 1,118 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1988 | 986.8 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 938.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 904.1 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,053 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 918.3 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 915.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 877.5 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 981.7 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 1,048 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,107 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 1,055 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 1,095 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 1,047 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 931.2 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 1,094 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 1,024 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 1,174 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 1,207 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 1,030 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 1,063 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,175 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 1,250 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 1,126 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 1,194 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1,163 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,021 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 1,227 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 1,130 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 1,037 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 1,266 kg/ha | +22.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,266 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- France's 1,266 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 720.45 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 538.62 kg/ha | 420.1 kg/ha | 630.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 682.93 kg/ha | 546.2 kg/ha | 780.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 928.97 kg/ha | 775.2 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 995.5 kg/ha | 877.5 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,100 kg/ha | 931.2 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,145 kg/ha | 1,021 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in France?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in France was 1,266 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1,266 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 420.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- France ranks 26th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.