Poppy seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 1,037 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poppy seed — area harvested in Southern Europe is 1,037 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 92.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 16,450 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 710 ha, in 1986.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,076 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,630 ha | -40.3% |
| 1963 | 3,550 ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 3,360 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 4,100 ha | +22.0% |
| 1966 | 2,110 ha | -48.5% |
| 1967 | 3,030 ha | +43.6% |
| 1968 | 2,470 ha | -18.5% |
| 1969 | 2,247 ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 2,136 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 3,462 ha | +62.1% |
| 1972 | 3,045 ha | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 3,318 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 2,953 ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 3,836 ha | +29.9% |
| 1976 | 4,450 ha | +16.0% |
| 1977 | 9,220 ha | +107.2% |
| 1978 | 3,632 ha | -60.6% |
| 1979 | 2,769 ha | -23.8% |
| 1980 | 2,147 ha | -22.5% |
| 1981 | 1,909 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 2,309 ha | +21.0% |
| 1983 | 3,548 ha | +53.7% |
| 1984 | 7,777 ha | +119.2% |
| 1985 | 2,046 ha | -73.7% |
| 1986 | 710 ha | -65.3% |
| 1987 | 828 ha | +16.6% |
| 1988 | 2,498 ha | +201.7% |
| 1989 | 2,812 ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 2,982 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 1,530 ha | -48.7% |
| 1992 | 2,828 ha | +84.8% |
| 1993 | 2,722 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 2,826 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 3,232 ha | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 2,401 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 1,573 ha | -34.5% |
| 1998 | 2,285 ha | +45.3% |
| 1999 | 1,826 ha | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 3,691 ha | +102.1% |
| 2001 | 1,659 ha | -55.1% |
| 2002 | 1,474 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 3,180 ha | +115.7% |
| 2004 | 4,206 ha | +32.3% |
| 2005 | 5,873 ha | +39.6% |
| 2006 | 5,655 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 7,996 ha | +41.4% |
| 2008 | 9,603 ha | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 10,880 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 12,796 ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 11,676 ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 13,343 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 15,201 ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 13,441 ha | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 16,450 ha | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 14,760 ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 14,775 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,021 ha | -93.1% |
| 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 | 3,397 ha | 2,110 ha | 6,076 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,882 ha | 2,136 ha | 9,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,658 ha | 710 ha | 7,777 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,420 ha | 1,530 ha | 3,232 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,422 ha | 1,474 ha | 10,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,448 ha | 1,017 ha | 16,450 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 Southern Europe?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,450 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 710 ha in 1986.
- How does Southern Europe rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 6th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.