Potatoes — Yield in France
France: Potatoes — Yield was 42,436 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in France is 42,436 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in France peaked at 47,978 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 15,379 kg/ha, in 1976.
France ranks 7th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,099 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,529 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 18,926 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1964 | 16,737 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 19,515 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1966 | 19,762 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 20,190 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 21,328 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 21,537 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 22,218 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 24,877 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 23,877 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 23,142 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 23,873 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 23,069 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 15,379 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 26,141 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 1978 | 26,926 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 25,955 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 28,924 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 30,515 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 32,336 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 26,050 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1984 | 30,278 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1985 | 32,446 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 31,083 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 34,884 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 36,622 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 28,508 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 29,079 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 32,162 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 36,543 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 36,008 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 33,530 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 34,735 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 36,175 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 39,785 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 37,356 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 39,736 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 39,599 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 37,438 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 42,380 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 40,361 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 45,416 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 42,223 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 40,191 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 45,335 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 43,519 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 43,786 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 42,157 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 46,899 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 41,377 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 43,156 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 47,978 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 42,505 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 38,827 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 44,046 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 39,389 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 41,323 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 40,764 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 42,475 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 38,113 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 42,187 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 42,436 kg/ha | +0.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 42,436 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- France's 42,436 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +70.0% | 15,379 kg/ha | 26,141 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,847 kg/ha | 15,529 kg/ha | 21,537 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,546 kg/ha | 15,379 kg/ha | 26,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,165 kg/ha | 26,050 kg/ha | 36,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,511 kg/ha | 29,079 kg/ha | 39,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,025 kg/ha | 37,438 kg/ha | 45,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,766 kg/ha | 38,827 kg/ha | 47,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,195 kg/ha | 38,113 kg/ha | 42,475 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,463 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 43,061 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 17,106 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,784 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 9,358 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 potatoes — yield in France?
- Potatoes — yield in France was 42,436 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 47,978 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,379 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does France rank for potatoes — yield?
- France ranks 7th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. 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 Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.