Soya beans — Yield in France
France: Soya beans — Yield was 2,610 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in France, 1973–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 2,610 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in France peaked at 2,999 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,251 kg/ha, in 1974.
France ranks 19th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2,258 kg/ha | — |
| 1974 | 1,251 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1975 | 1,970 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1976 | 1,637 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 1,907 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 1,494 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1979 | 1,397 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 2,118 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 1981 | 2,159 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 2,112 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 2,200 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,068 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 2,051 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 2,043 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,598 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 2,489 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 2,282 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 2,094 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 2,431 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1992 | 1,742 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1993 | 2,464 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1994 | 2,598 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 2,572 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 2,672 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 2,764 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 2,551 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 2,662 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 2,588 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,562 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,790 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 1,825 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2004 | 2,510 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2005 | 2,484 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 2,717 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 2,599 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 2,899 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 2,511 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 2,750 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 2,947 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 2,782 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 2,560 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 2,999 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 2,749 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 2,483 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 2,928 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 2,590 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 2,616 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,175 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 2,846 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2022 | 2,044 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2023 | 2,458 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2024 | 2,610 kg/ha | +6.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,610 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- France's 2,610 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,702 kg/ha | 1,251 kg/ha | 2,258 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 2,212 kg/ha | 2,043 kg/ha | 2,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,455 kg/ha | 1,742 kg/ha | 2,764 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,548 kg/ha | 1,825 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,740 kg/ha | 2,483 kg/ha | 2,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,427 kg/ha | 2,044 kg/ha | 2,846 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 16 Austria 2,776 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 556.9 kg/ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 2,667 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guatemala 2,647 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 20 Czechia 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 21 New Zealand 2,593 kg/ha compare
- 22 Poland 2,586 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 soya beans — yield in France?
- Soya beans — yield in France was 2,610 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,999 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,251 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does France rank for soya beans — yield?
- France ranks 19th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.