Spain vs World: Poppy seed — Area harvested
Poppy seed — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 18,231 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain, a difference of 7,231 ha.
That makes World's figure about 1.7 times Spain's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 3rd and World ranks 2nd of 18 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,145 ha | 41,384 ha | 40,239 ha | World |
| 1990s | 832.2 ha | 77,151 ha | 76,319 ha | World |
| 2000s | 3,743 ha | 114,264 ha | 110,521 ha | World |
| 2010s | 9,900 ha | 112,474 ha | 102,574 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poppy seed — area harvested, Spain or World?
- World, at 18,231 ha against 11,000 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in poppy seed — area harvested between Spain and World?
- 7,231 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and World?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2017.
- How do Spain and World rank globally for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 3rd and World ranks 2nd 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.