Sugar beet — Yield in France
France: Sugar beet — Yield was 79,183 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 79,183 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in France peaked at 96,998 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 32,882 kg/ha, in 1962.
France ranks 4th of 65 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,838 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,882 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1963 | 37,615 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 38,188 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 42,906 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 43,634 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 40,730 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 43,501 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 44,683 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 43,490 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 47,128 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 42,988 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 44,314 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 40,352 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 39,551 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 37,282 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 46,636 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1978 | 44,011 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 47,816 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 51,779 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 57,550 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 57,549 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 53,712 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 54,766 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 61,178 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 57,528 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 59,405 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 66,031 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 65,390 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 66,834 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 64,490 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 68,719 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 71,987 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 66,545 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 66,719 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 67,756 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 74,315 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 68,337 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 74,531 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 75,967 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 62,553 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 76,415 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 73,356 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 80,062 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 82,300 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 78,745 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 84,527 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 86,816 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 94,105 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 83,059 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 96,998 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 86,436 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 85,444 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 92,950 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 87,015 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 85,371 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 95,249 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 82,153 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2019 | 85,142 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 62,194 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 84,252 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 78,426 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 80,359 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 79,183 kg/ha | -1.5% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 79,183 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- France's 79,183 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,108 kg/ha | 32,882 kg/ha | 44,683 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,357 kg/ha | 37,282 kg/ha | 47,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,489 kg/ha | 51,779 kg/ha | 66,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,023 kg/ha | 64,490 kg/ha | 74,531 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 79,485 kg/ha | 62,553 kg/ha | 94,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 87,982 kg/ha | 82,153 kg/ha | 96,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,883 kg/ha | 62,194 kg/ha | 84,252 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 1 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 70,925 kg/ha compare
- 2 Germany 83,903 kg/ha compare
- 3 Austria 79,881 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60,025 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 59,706 kg/ha compare
- 5 Canada 78,956 kg/ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
- 6 Spain 77,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,198 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 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 sugar beet — yield in France?
- Sugar beet — yield in France was 79,183 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 96,998 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,882 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does France rank for sugar beet — yield?
- France ranks 4th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.