Rye — Yield in France
France: Rye — Yield was 3,695 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — yield in France is 3,695 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.8% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in France peaked at 5,180 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,328 kg/ha, in 1961.
France ranks 16th of 65 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,328 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,465 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 1,532 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 1,765 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 1,754 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 1,803 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 1,967 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 2,010 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 2,008 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 2,126 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 2,286 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 2,608 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1973 | 2,691 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 2,857 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 2,775 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 2,530 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 2,907 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1978 | 3,138 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 3,060 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 3,169 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 2,912 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 2,935 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 2,901 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 3,422 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 3,400 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,827 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 3,646 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1988 | 3,540 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 3,578 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 3,642 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 3,701 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 3,824 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 3,943 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 3,919 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 4,103 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 4,529 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 4,369 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 4,711 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 4,560 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 4,611 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,084 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 4,860 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 4,028 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2004 | 5,058 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 4,752 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 4,574 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 4,363 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 4,781 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 5,180 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 5,120 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 4,497 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 5,082 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 4,917 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 4,898 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,712 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 3,979 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 4,536 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 4,439 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4,712 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 4,143 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 4,495 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 3,795 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 4,336 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 3,695 kg/ha | -14.8% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 3,695 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- France's 3,695 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,737 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 2,010 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,698 kg/ha | 2,126 kg/ha | 3,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,233 kg/ha | 2,827 kg/ha | 3,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,130 kg/ha | 3,642 kg/ha | 4,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,629 kg/ha | 4,028 kg/ha | 5,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,689 kg/ha | 3,979 kg/ha | 5,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,093 kg/ha | 3,695 kg/ha | 4,495 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 13 Serbia 3,762 kg/ha compare
- 14 Switzerland 3,755 kg/ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,753 kg/ha compare
- 17 Canada 3,598 kg/ha compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 3,575 kg/ha compare
- 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,530 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 rye — yield in France?
- Rye — yield in France was 3,695 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 5,180 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,328 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for rye — yield?
- France ranks 16th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. 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 Rye — 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.