Sorghum — Yield in France
France: Sorghum — Yield was 4,450 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in France stood at 4,450 kg/ha.
The figure is down 20.1% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in France peaked at 6,664 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,366 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places France 13th out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,374 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,480 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 3,154 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1964 | 2,547 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1965 | 2,786 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 2,840 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 2,366 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 3,678 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 1969 | 3,689 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,296 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 4,129 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1972 | 2,988 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1973 | 4,471 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 1974 | 4,193 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 3,621 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 3,283 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 3,304 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 4,248 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1979 | 4,035 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 4,554 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 4,811 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 4,560 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 4,593 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 4,517 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,682 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 3,739 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1987 | 5,854 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1988 | 5,667 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 4,206 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1990 | 4,130 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 5,485 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1992 | 5,601 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6,124 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 5,503 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 5,599 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,267 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 6,664 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 5,573 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 6,206 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 6,228 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,876 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 6,443 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 3,783 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2004 | 5,348 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2005 | 5,150 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 5,513 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 5,866 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 6,216 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 5,393 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 5,511 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 6,463 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 5,686 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 5,434 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 6,327 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 5,177 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2016 | 5,431 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 5,793 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 5,210 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 5,090 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 4,613 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 5,665 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 4,231 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2023 | 5,567 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2024 | 4,450 kg/ha | -20.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 4,450 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- France's 4,450 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,879 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 3,689 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,757 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha | 4,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,718 kg/ha | 3,739 kg/ha | 5,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,715 kg/ha | 4,130 kg/ha | 6,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,581 kg/ha | 3,783 kg/ha | 6,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,612 kg/ha | 5,090 kg/ha | 6,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,905 kg/ha | 4,231 kg/ha | 5,665 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 10 China, mainland 4,770 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,324 kg/ha compare
- 11 China 4,758 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovenia 4,667 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 4,429 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 693 kg/ha compare
- 15 Spain 4,186 kg/ha compare
- 16 Slovakia 4,132 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 sorghum — yield in France?
- Sorghum — yield in France was 4,450 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 6,664 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,366 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does France rank for sorghum — yield?
- France ranks 13th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.