Spain vs Western Europe: Poppy seed — Area harvested
Poppy seed — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 17,171 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain, a difference of 6,171 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 18 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,145 ha | 9,404 ha | 8,259 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 832.2 ha | 10,922 ha | 10,090 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 3,743 ha | 15,166 ha | 11,423 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 9,900 ha | 17,652 ha | 7,752 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poppy seed — area harvested, Spain or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 17,171 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain as of 2017.
- What is the difference in poppy seed — area harvested between Spain and Western Europe?
- 6,171 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Europe?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2017.
- How do Spain and Western Europe rank globally for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 18 countries.
- 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.