Asia vs Spain: Poppy seed — Area harvested
Poppy seed — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Spain
How they compare
Asia currently reports 17,194 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain, a difference of 6,194 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and Spain ranks 3rd of 2 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,269 ha | 1,145 ha | 8,124 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 32,286 ha | 832.2 ha | 31,454 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 41,599 ha | 3,743 ha | 37,856 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 37,001 ha | 9,900 ha | 27,101 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poppy seed — area harvested, Asia or Spain?
- Asia, at 17,194 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in poppy seed — area harvested between Asia and Spain?
- 6,194 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Spain?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2017.
- How do Asia and Spain rank globally for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Spain ranks 3rd of 2 regions.
- 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.