Poppy seed — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 1,037 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 1,037 ha for poppy seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 98.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in Europe peaked at 101,995 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,017 ha, in 2019.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,998 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,743 ha | -16.5% |
| 1963 | 46,326 ha | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 41,064 ha | -11.4% |
| 1965 | 38,765 ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 42,009 ha | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 45,434 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 35,718 ha | -21.4% |
| 1969 | 33,356 ha | -6.6% |
| 1970 | 32,346 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 34,076 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 34,571 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 30,593 ha | -11.5% |
| 1974 | 31,057 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 33,243 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 35,903 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 54,579 ha | +52.0% |
| 1978 | 52,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 41,460 ha | -20.9% |
| 1980 | 39,137 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 38,904 ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 40,463 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 40,832 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 45,961 ha | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 36,106 ha | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 26,968 ha | -25.3% |
| 1987 | 25,709 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 27,034 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 30,913 ha | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 26,882 ha | -13.0% |
| 1991 | 30,476 ha | +13.4% |
| 1992 | 30,878 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 27,359 ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 54,349 ha | +98.7% |
| 1995 | 62,430 ha | +14.9% |
| 1996 | 33,455 ha | -46.4% |
| 1997 | 48,008 ha | +43.5% |
| 1998 | 61,192 ha | +27.5% |
| 1999 | 73,616 ha | +20.3% |
| 2000 | 53,074 ha | -27.9% |
| 2001 | 53,555 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 52,035 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 62,703 ha | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 56,991 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 77,343 ha | +35.7% |
| 2006 | 88,533 ha | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 88,686 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 101,995 ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 91,734 ha | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 97,183 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 73,921 ha | -23.9% |
| 2012 | 58,981 ha | -20.2% |
| 2013 | 62,459 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 72,984 ha | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 81,487 ha | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 79,837 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 76,929 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 1,021 ha | -98.7% |
| 2019 | 1,017 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,020 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,032 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,044 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,042 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,037 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,046 ha | 33,356 ha | 61,998 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,023 ha | 30,593 ha | 54,579 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,203 ha | 25,709 ha | 45,961 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,864 ha | 26,882 ha | 73,616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,665 ha | 52,035 ha | 101,995 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,582 ha | 1,017 ha | 97,183 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,035 ha | 1,020 ha | 1,044 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in Europe?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in Europe was 1,037 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 101,995 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,017 ha in 2019.
- How does Europe rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.