Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 17,171 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, poppy seed — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 17,171 ha.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 18,350 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,821 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,571 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,060 ha | +53.1% |
| 1963 | 8,588 ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 6,503 ha | -24.3% |
| 1965 | 4,534 ha | -30.3% |
| 1966 | 4,092 ha | -9.7% |
| 1967 | 3,001 ha | -26.7% |
| 1968 | 2,143 ha | -28.6% |
| 1969 | 1,821 ha | -15.0% |
| 1970 | 2,589 ha | +42.2% |
| 1971 | 2,542 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 4,670 ha | +83.7% |
| 1973 | 7,474 ha | +60.0% |
| 1974 | 6,091 ha | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 6,060 ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 7,861 ha | +29.7% |
| 1977 | 13,007 ha | +65.5% |
| 1978 | 14,258 ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 11,317 ha | -20.6% |
| 1980 | 10,325 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 10,290 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 12,921 ha | +25.6% |
| 1983 | 12,995 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 13,764 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 10,892 ha | -20.9% |
| 1986 | 9,003 ha | -17.3% |
| 1987 | 8,159 ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 7,121 ha | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 7,486 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 6,370 ha | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 8,813 ha | +38.4% |
| 1992 | 7,985 ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 9,217 ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 12,711 ha | +37.9% |
| 1995 | 12,723 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 10,988 ha | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 11,884 ha | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 14,075 ha | +18.4% |
| 1999 | 14,457 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 12,910 ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 13,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 15,159 ha | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 15,127 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 15,757 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 17,266 ha | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 16,838 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 14,020 ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 13,856 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 17,523 ha | +26.5% |
| 2010 | 18,350 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 17,548 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 17,418 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 17,390 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 17,418 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 17,667 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 18,258 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 17,171 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,257 ha | 1,821 ha | 10,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,587 ha | 2,542 ha | 14,258 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,296 ha | 7,121 ha | 13,764 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,922 ha | 6,370 ha | 14,457 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,166 ha | 12,910 ha | 17,523 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,652 ha | 17,171 ha | 18,350 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in Western Europe was 17,171 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 18,350 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,821 ha in 1969.
- How does Western Europe rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 5th out of 9 groups with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.