Poppy seed — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 3,012 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Austria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, poppy seed — area harvested in Austria stood at 3,012 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in Austria peaked at 3,858 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 96 ha, in 1979.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,166 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,389 ha | +19.1% |
| 1963 | 1,351 ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 1,266 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 414 ha | -67.3% |
| 1966 | 361 ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 348 ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 325 ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 152 ha | -53.2% |
| 1970 | 167 ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 145 ha | -13.2% |
| 1972 | 142 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 135 ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 167 ha | +22.8% |
| 1976 | 218 ha | +30.5% |
| 1977 | 218 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 191 ha | -12.4% |
| 1979 | 96 ha | -49.7% |
| 1980 | 246 ha | +156.2% |
| 1981 | 202 ha | -17.9% |
| 1982 | 134 ha | -33.7% |
| 1983 | 167 ha | +24.6% |
| 1984 | 418 ha | +150.3% |
| 1985 | 218 ha | -47.8% |
| 1986 | 183 ha | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 381 ha | +108.2% |
| 1988 | 646 ha | +69.6% |
| 1989 | 851 ha | +31.7% |
| 1990 | 706 ha | -17.0% |
| 1991 | 430 ha | -39.1% |
| 1992 | 455 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 551 ha | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 1,737 ha | +215.2% |
| 1995 | 2,567 ha | +47.8% |
| 1996 | 1,131 ha | -55.9% |
| 1997 | 887 ha | -21.6% |
| 1998 | 1,102 ha | +24.2% |
| 1999 | 1,175 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 654 ha | -44.3% |
| 2001 | 806 ha | +23.2% |
| 2002 | 1,547 ha | +91.9% |
| 2003 | 1,740 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 1,707 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 3,092 ha | +81.1% |
| 2006 | 3,858 ha | +24.8% |
| 2007 | 2,644 ha | -31.5% |
| 2008 | 2,011 ha | -23.9% |
| 2009 | 2,186 ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 2,536 ha | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 1,740 ha | -31.4% |
| 2012 | 1,548 ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 1,510 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,560 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,269 ha | +45.4% |
| 2016 | 2,945 ha | +29.8% |
| 2017 | 3,012 ha | +2.3% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 3,012 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,144 ha, 96% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Austria's 3,012 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,213 ha, 94% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy seed — Area harvested in Austria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +215.2% | 551 ha | 1,737 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 752.44 ha | 152 ha | 1,389 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 161.5 ha | 96 ha | 218 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 344.6 ha | 134 ha | 851 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,074 ha | 430 ha | 2,567 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,024 ha | 654 ha | 3,858 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,140 ha | 1,510 ha | 3,012 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in Austria?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in Austria was 3,012 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,858 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 ha in 1979.
- How does Austria rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 9th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Poppy seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.