Rape or colza seed — Yield in France
France: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,971 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rape or colza seed — yield in France is 2,971 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in France peaked at 3,794 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,452 kg/ha, in 1977.
France ranks 15th of 67 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,518 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,789 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 1,689 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,984 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 1,929 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 1,773 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 2,012 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 1,811 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,752 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 1,756 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 2,029 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1972 | 2,209 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 2,023 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 1,976 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,801 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 1,926 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 1,452 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1978 | 2,330 kg/ha | +60.5% |
| 1979 | 2,103 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 2,800 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1981 | 2,181 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1982 | 2,505 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1983 | 2,061 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 3,136 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 1985 | 2,994 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 2,670 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 3,598 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1988 | 2,819 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1989 | 2,847 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 2,907 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 3,190 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 2,702 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1993 | 2,838 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 2,641 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 3,232 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1996 | 3,320 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 3,544 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 3,264 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 3,271 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 2,931 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 2,659 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 3,205 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 3,112 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 3,548 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 3,681 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 2,948 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 2,898 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,322 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 3,774 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 3,286 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 3,450 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 3,399 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 3,039 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 3,675 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2015 | 3,542 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 3,059 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 3,794 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2018 | 3,081 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2019 | 3,183 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,956 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 3,374 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 3,672 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 3,178 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 2,971 kg/ha | -6.5% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,971 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- France's 2,971 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,806 kg/ha | 1,518 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,961 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha | 2,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,761 kg/ha | 2,061 kg/ha | 3,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,091 kg/ha | 2,641 kg/ha | 3,544 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,208 kg/ha | 2,659 kg/ha | 3,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,351 kg/ha | 3,039 kg/ha | 3,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,230 kg/ha | 2,956 kg/ha | 3,672 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 12 Switzerland 3,049 kg/ha compare
- 13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,041 kg/ha compare
- 14 Austria 3,014 kg/ha compare
- 16 Croatia 2,954 kg/ha compare
- 17 Ukraine 2,850 kg/ha compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,809 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 rape or colza seed — yield in France?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in France was 2,971 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3,794 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,452 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does France rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- France ranks 15th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.