Asia vs France: Poppy seed — Area harvested
Poppy seed — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- France
How they compare
Asia currently reports 17,194 ha against 8,483 ha in France, a difference of 8,711 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.0 times France's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and France ranks 4th of 2 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,947 ha | 506.56 ha | 25,440 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 21,204 ha | 2,768 ha | 18,436 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 10,592 ha | 3,430 ha | 7,162 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 32,286 ha | 4,892 ha | 27,394 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 41,599 ha | 8,152 ha | 33,447 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 37,001 ha | 9,785 ha | 27,217 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poppy seed — area harvested, Asia or France?
- Asia, at 17,194 ha against 8,483 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in poppy seed — area harvested between Asia and France?
- 8,711 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and France?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Asia and France rank globally for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and France ranks 4th of 2 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Poppy seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.