Pulses, Total — Yield in France
France: Pulses, Total — Yield was 2,624 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 2,624 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in France peaked at 5,203 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,075 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places France 24th out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,101 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,075 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 1,272 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1964 | 1,105 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1965 | 1,285 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 1,529 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1967 | 1,370 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 1,529 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 1,493 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 1,840 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1971 | 1,902 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 1,730 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 1,974 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 1,911 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 2,248 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1976 | 1,418 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1977 | 2,252 kg/ha | +58.8% |
| 1978 | 2,481 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 3,069 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 3,418 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 3,426 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 3,613 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 3,687 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 4,019 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 4,465 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 3,793 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 4,080 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 4,943 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 4,343 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 5,128 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1991 | 4,753 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 4,748 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,890 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 4,979 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 4,629 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 4,689 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 4,807 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 5,063 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 5,203 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 4,375 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 3,875 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 4,632 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 4,137 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 4,548 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 3,986 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 3,965 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,720 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 4,542 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 4,708 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 3,787 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 3,519 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 3,929 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 3,638 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 3,506 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 3,286 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 2,462 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2017 | 3,033 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2018 | 2,852 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 3,187 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 2,383 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2021 | 2,552 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 2,584 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 2,831 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 2,624 kg/ha | -7.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,624 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- France's 2,624 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,081 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,307 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,082 kg/ha | 1,418 kg/ha | 3,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,979 kg/ha | 3,418 kg/ha | 4,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,889 kg/ha | 4,629 kg/ha | 5,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,249 kg/ha | 3,720 kg/ha | 4,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,320 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 3,929 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,595 kg/ha | 2,383 kg/ha | 2,831 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 pulses, total — yield in France?
- Pulses, total — yield in France was 2,624 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 5,203 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,075 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for pulses, total — yield?
- France ranks 24th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.