Europe vs France: Poppy seed — Area harvested
Poppy seed — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 8,483 ha against 1,037 ha in Europe, a difference of 7,446 ha.
That makes France's figure about 8.2 times Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 6th and France ranks 4th of 9 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,046 ha | 506.56 ha | 43,539 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 38,023 ha | 2,768 ha | 35,255 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 35,203 ha | 3,430 ha | 31,773 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 44,864 ha | 4,892 ha | 39,972 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 72,665 ha | 8,152 ha | 64,513 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 75,473 ha | 9,785 ha | 65,688 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poppy seed — area harvested, Europe or France?
- France, at 8,483 ha against 1,037 ha in Europe as of 2017.
- What is the difference in poppy seed — area harvested between Europe and France?
- 7,446 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and France?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Europe and France rank globally for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 6th and France ranks 4th of 9 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.