Cereal yield in France

Cereal farms in France harvested 6,281 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2016.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
France, 2024 6,281 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −13.7% 2023: 7,274 kg per hectare
European Union, 2023 5,329 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as France (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 5,276 kg per hectare Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 24th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in France over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period FranceEuropean Union
2024 6,281 kg per hectare –
2023 7,274 kg per hectare 5,329 kg per hectare
2022 6,655 kg per hectare 5,261 kg per hectare
2021 7,171 kg per hectare 5,664 kg per hectare
2020 6,395 kg per hectare 5,465 kg per hectare
2019 7,492 kg per hectare 5,575 kg per hectare
2018 6,829 kg per hectare 5,230 kg per hectare
2017 7,307 kg per hectare 5,500 kg per hectare
2016 5,691 kg per hectare 5,194 kg per hectare
2015 7,591 kg per hectare 5,378 kg per hectare
2014 7,579 kg per hectare 5,612 kg per hectare
2013 7,085 kg per hectare 5,253 kg per hectare
2012 7,255 kg per hectare 4,821 kg per hectare
2011 6,919 kg per hectare 5,061 kg per hectare
2010 7,069 kg per hectare 4,916 kg per hectare
2009 7,412 kg per hectare 4,969 kg per hectare
2008 7,253 kg per hectare 5,106 kg per hectare
2007 6,521 kg per hectare 4,491 kg per hectare
2006 6,801 kg per hectare 4,562 kg per hectare
2005 6,965 kg per hectare 4,712 kg per hectare
2004 7,519 kg per hectare 5,238 kg per hectare
2003 6,125 kg per hectare 4,145 kg per hectare
2002 7,453 kg per hectare 4,605 kg per hectare
2001 6,729 kg per hectare 4,556 kg per hectare
2000 7,232 kg per hectare 4,398 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −13.7% from 7,274 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7,579 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −17.1%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, France has the 24th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for France
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)