Poppy seed — Area harvested in World
World: Poppy seed — Area harvested was 18,231 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 18,231 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.5% on the previous year and down 81.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — area harvested in World peaked at 162,234 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 18,231 ha, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,698 ha | — |
| 1962 | 87,743 ha | -12.9% |
| 1963 | 84,326 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 69,064 ha | -18.1% |
| 1965 | 61,065 ha | -11.6% |
| 1966 | 66,009 ha | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 66,034 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 48,718 ha | -26.2% |
| 1969 | 46,279 ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 39,391 ha | -14.9% |
| 1971 | 47,450 ha | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 40,954 ha | -13.7% |
| 1973 | 37,593 ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 38,057 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 41,813 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 57,980 ha | +38.7% |
| 1977 | 126,651 ha | +118.4% |
| 1978 | 103,047 ha | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 59,328 ha | -42.4% |
| 1980 | 58,573 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 54,234 ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 48,995 ha | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 47,835 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 58,531 ha | +22.4% |
| 1985 | 40,969 ha | -30.0% |
| 1986 | 32,372 ha | -21.0% |
| 1987 | 31,882 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 45,294 ha | +42.1% |
| 1989 | 39,257 ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 35,907 ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 57,506 ha | +60.2% |
| 1992 | 47,271 ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 34,300 ha | -27.4% |
| 1994 | 79,676 ha | +132.3% |
| 1995 | 122,482 ha | +53.7% |
| 1996 | 45,397 ha | -62.9% |
| 1997 | 77,699 ha | +71.2% |
| 1998 | 110,410 ha | +42.1% |
| 1999 | 160,860 ha | +45.7% |
| 2000 | 80,649 ha | -49.9% |
| 2001 | 99,439 ha | +23.3% |
| 2002 | 102,821 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 162,234 ha | +57.8% |
| 2004 | 87,443 ha | -46.1% |
| 2005 | 102,815 ha | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 130,734 ha | +27.2% |
| 2007 | 113,427 ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 122,232 ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 140,844 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 149,149 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 129,006 ha | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 72,701 ha | -43.6% |
| 2013 | 94,941 ha | +30.6% |
| 2014 | 99,830 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 143,305 ha | +43.5% |
| 2016 | 109,977 ha | -23.3% |
| 2017 | 100,883 ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 46,366 ha | -54.0% |
| 2019 | 56,115 ha | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 36,255 ha | -35.4% |
| 2021 | 43,146 ha | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 27,766 ha | -35.6% |
| 2023 | 23,513 ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 18,231 ha | -22.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,993 ha | 46,279 ha | 100,698 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,226 ha | 37,593 ha | 126,651 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,794 ha | 31,882 ha | 58,573 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,151 ha | 34,300 ha | 160,860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 114,264 ha | 80,649 ha | 162,234 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 100,227 ha | 46,366 ha | 149,149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,782 ha | 18,231 ha | 43,146 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — area harvested in World?
- Poppy seed — area harvested in World was 18,231 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 162,234 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,231 ha in 2024.
- How does World rank for poppy seed — area harvested?
- World ranks 3rd out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.