Wheat — Yield in France
France: Wheat — Yield was 5,974 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in France stood at 5,974 kg/ha.
The figure is down 17.1% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in France peaked at 7,801 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,395 kg/ha, in 1961.
France ranks 15th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,395 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,075 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1963 | 2,662 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1964 | 3,153 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1965 | 3,266 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 2,830 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 3,636 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1968 | 3,664 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 3,581 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 3,422 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 3,861 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 4,570 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 4,507 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 4,584 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 3,873 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1976 | 3,772 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 4,230 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 5,032 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 4,782 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 5,181 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 5,011 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 5,236 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 5,127 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 6,460 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 5,449 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 5,558 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 6,151 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 6,348 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 6,479 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 6,676 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 6,399 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 6,474 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 6,668 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 6,508 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 7,136 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 6,629 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 7,606 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 7,240 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 7,118 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 6,617 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 7,446 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 6,250 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 7,579 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 6,989 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 6,741 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 6,254 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 7,102 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 7,448 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 7,040 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 6,656 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 7,151 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 7,266 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 7,353 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 7,801 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 5,290 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 7,254 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 6,768 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 7,743 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 6,678 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 6,928 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 6,997 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 7,202 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 5,974 kg/ha | -17.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 5,974 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- France's 5,974 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,140 kg/ha | 2,395 kg/ha | 3,664 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,263 kg/ha | 3,422 kg/ha | 5,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,652 kg/ha | 5,011 kg/ha | 6,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,782 kg/ha | 6,399 kg/ha | 7,606 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,954 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 7,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,032 kg/ha | 5,290 kg/ha | 7,801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,756 kg/ha | 5,974 kg/ha | 7,202 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 wheat — yield in France?
- Wheat — yield in France was 5,974 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 7,801 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,395 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does France rank for wheat — yield?
- France ranks 15th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. 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 Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.