Sunflower seed — Yield in France
France: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,963 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 1,963 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in France peaked at 2,739 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,269 kg/ha, in 1976.
France ranks 30th of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,708 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,614 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 1,341 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1964 | 1,415 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 1,503 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 1,712 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1967 | 1,533 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 1,802 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 1,788 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,776 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 1,755 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,527 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1973 | 2,046 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1974 | 1,662 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1975 | 1,494 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1976 | 1,269 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1977 | 1,812 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1978 | 2,113 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 2,146 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 2,385 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 2,518 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 2,221 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 1,933 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 1,940 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,371 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 2,084 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 2,539 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1988 | 2,461 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 2,336 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 2,122 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 2,441 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 2,161 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 2,093 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,081 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,062 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 2,241 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 2,282 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 2,192 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 2,337 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 2,516 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 2,239 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 2,430 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 2,177 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 2,366 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 2,338 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,233 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 2,524 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 2,538 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,373 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 2,361 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,539 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 2,313 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 2,047 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 2,410 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 1,918 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 2,183 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 2,728 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2018 | 2,244 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 2,150 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 2,069 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 2,739 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2022 | 2,066 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2023 | 2,509 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 1,963 kg/ha | -21.7% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,963 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- France's 1,963 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,602 kg/ha | 1,341 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,760 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 2,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,279 kg/ha | 1,933 kg/ha | 2,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,062 kg/ha | 2,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,373 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 2,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,289 kg/ha | 1,918 kg/ha | 2,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,269 kg/ha | 1,963 kg/ha | 2,739 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sunflower seed — yield in France?
- Sunflower seed — yield in France was 1,963 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,739 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,269 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does France rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- France ranks 30th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.