Poppy seed — Area harvested in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 40 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
North Macedonia recorded 40 ha for poppy seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 23.1% on the previous year and down 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in North Macedonia peaked at 1,315 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 373 ha | — |
| 1993 | 910 ha | +144.0% |
| 1994 | 997 ha | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 1,315 ha | +31.9% |
| 1996 | 597 ha | -54.6% |
| 1997 | 301 ha | -49.6% |
| 1998 | 263 ha | -12.6% |
| 1999 | 440 ha | +67.3% |
| 2000 | 201 ha | -54.3% |
| 2001 | 260 ha | +29.4% |
| 2002 | 281 ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 284 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 268 ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 253 ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 225 ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 236 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 222 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 618 ha | +178.4% |
| 2010 | 413 ha | -33.2% |
| 2011 | 284 ha | -31.2% |
| 2012 | 180 ha | -36.6% |
| 2013 | 103 ha | -42.8% |
| 2014 | 88 ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 86 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 105 ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 75 ha | -28.6% |
| 2018 | 63 ha | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 54 ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 57 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 59 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 60 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 52 ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 40 ha | -23.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 649.5 ha | 263 ha | 1,315 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 284.8 ha | 201 ha | 618 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 145.1 ha | 54 ha | 413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.6 ha | 40 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 449 ha compare
- 16 Palestine, State of 222 ha compare
- 17 Denmark 200 ha
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in North Macedonia?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in North Macedonia was 40 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,315 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2024.
- How does North Macedonia rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- North Macedonia ranks 18th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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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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.