Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 17,194 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 17,194 ha for poppy seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.5% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 99,531 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,863 ha, in 1985.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 28,000 ha | -26.3% |
| 1965 | 22,300 ha | -20.4% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 20,600 ha | -14.2% |
| 1968 | 13,000 ha | -36.9% |
| 1969 | 12,923 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 7,045 ha | -45.5% |
| 1971 | 13,374 ha | +89.8% |
| 1972 | 6,383 ha | -52.3% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,570 ha | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 22,077 ha | +157.6% |
| 1977 | 72,072 ha | +226.5% |
| 1978 | 50,647 ha | -29.7% |
| 1979 | 17,868 ha | -64.7% |
| 1980 | 19,436 ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 15,330 ha | -21.1% |
| 1982 | 8,532 ha | -44.3% |
| 1983 | 7,003 ha | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 12,570 ha | +79.5% |
| 1985 | 4,863 ha | -61.3% |
| 1986 | 5,404 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 6,173 ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 18,260 ha | +195.8% |
| 1989 | 8,344 ha | -54.3% |
| 1990 | 9,025 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 27,030 ha | +199.5% |
| 1992 | 16,393 ha | -39.4% |
| 1993 | 6,941 ha | -57.7% |
| 1994 | 25,327 ha | +264.9% |
| 1995 | 60,052 ha | +137.1% |
| 1996 | 11,942 ha | -80.1% |
| 1997 | 29,691 ha | +148.6% |
| 1998 | 49,218 ha | +65.8% |
| 1999 | 87,244 ha | +77.3% |
| 2000 | 27,575 ha | -68.4% |
| 2001 | 45,884 ha | +66.4% |
| 2002 | 50,786 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 99,531 ha | +96.0% |
| 2004 | 30,452 ha | -69.4% |
| 2005 | 25,472 ha | -16.4% |
| 2006 | 42,201 ha | +65.7% |
| 2007 | 24,741 ha | -41.4% |
| 2008 | 20,237 ha | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 49,110 ha | +142.7% |
| 2010 | 51,966 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 55,085 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 13,720 ha | -75.1% |
| 2013 | 32,482 ha | +136.7% |
| 2014 | 26,847 ha | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 61,817 ha | +130.3% |
| 2016 | 30,140 ha | -51.2% |
| 2017 | 23,954 ha | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 45,345 ha | +89.3% |
| 2019 | 55,098 ha | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 35,234 ha | -36.1% |
| 2021 | 42,114 ha | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 26,723 ha | -36.5% |
| 2023 | 22,471 ha | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 17,194 ha | -23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,947 ha | 12,923 ha | 38,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,204 ha | 6,383 ha | 72,072 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,592 ha | 4,863 ha | 19,436 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,286 ha | 6,941 ha | 87,244 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,599 ha | 20,237 ha | 99,531 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,645 ha | 13,720 ha | 61,817 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,747 ha | 17,194 ha | 42,114 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in Western Asia was 17,194 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 99,531 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,863 ha in 1985.
- How does Western Asia rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 4th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.