Poppy seed — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Poppy seed — Production was 9,489 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
9,489 t
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
5th
of 10 groups
All-time high
54,338 t
in 2003
All-time low
2,786 t
in 1985
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Poppy seed — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for poppy seed — production in Western Asia is 9,489 t, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 46.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poppy seed — production in Western Asia peaked at 54,338 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,786 t, in 1985.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Poppy seed — Production in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Poppy seed — Production in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 18,700 t
1962 19,700 t +5.3%
1963 19,000 t -3.6%
1964 8,000 t -57.9%
1965 11,000 t +37.5%
1966 12,000 t +9.1%
1967 7,000 t -41.7%
1968 7,800 t +11.4%
1969 10,800 t +38.5%
1970 7,500 t -30.6%
1971 13,976 t +86.3%
1972 5,847 t -58.2%
1973 6,000 t +2.6%
1974 6,000 t +0.0%
1975 6,491 t +8.2%
1976 16,000 t +146.5%
1977 41,087 t +156.8%
1978 31,862 t -22.5%
1979 13,207 t -58.5%
1980 15,488 t +17.3%
1981 11,442 t -26.1%
1982 6,590 t -42.4%
1983 4,182 t -36.5%
1984 9,054 t +116.5%
1985 2,786 t -69.2%
1986 3,990 t +43.2%
1987 3,818 t -4.3%
1988 11,130 t +191.5%
1989 3,235 t -70.9%
1990 5,153 t +59.3%
1991 22,538 t +337.4%
1992 7,048 t -68.7%
1993 3,028 t -57.0%
1994 14,115 t +366.1%
1995 28,249 t +100.1%
1996 5,346 t -81.1%
1997 11,260 t +110.6%
1998 28,316 t +151.5%
1999 32,739 t +15.6%
2000 12,211 t -62.7%
2001 22,745 t +86.3%
2002 20,074 t -11.7%
2003 54,338 t +170.7%
2004 20,042 t -63.1%
2005 15,836 t -21.0%
2006 32,272 t +103.8%
2007 10,747 t -66.7%
2008 12,933 t +20.3%
2009 36,294 t +180.6%
2010 37,500 t +3.3%
2011 46,481 t +23.9%
2012 5,505 t -88.2%
2013 20,852 t +278.8%
2014 17,834 t -14.5%
2015 32,265 t +80.9%
2016 19,790 t -38.7%
2017 16,821 t -15.0%
2018 28,557 t +69.8%
2019 28,886 t +1.2%
2020 22,122 t -23.4%
2021 22,619 t +2.2%
2022 13,822 t -38.9%
2023 9,349 t -32.4%
2024 9,489 t +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 12,667 t 7,000 t 19,700 t 9
1970s 14,797 t 5,847 t 41,087 t 10
1980s 7,172 t 2,786 t 15,488 t 10
1990s 15,779 t 3,028 t 32,739 t 10
2000s 23,749 t 10,747 t 54,338 t 10
2010s 25,449 t 5,505 t 46,481 t 10
2020s 15,480 t 9,349 t 22,619 t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 2 Spain 11,900 t compare
  2. 3 Czechoslovakia 9,692 t compare
  3. 4 France 5,057 t compare
  4. 5 Hungary 3,864 t compare
  5. 6 Germany 2,905 t compare
  6. 7 Croatia 2,771 t compare
  7. 8 Slovakia 1,958 t compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poppy seed — production in Western Asia?
Poppy seed — production in Western Asia was 9,489 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest poppy seed — production recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 54,338 t in 2003.
What is the lowest poppy seed — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 2,786 t in 1985.
How does Western Asia rank for poppy seed — production?
Western Asia ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is poppy seed — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 46.8%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poppy seed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
31 places, 1,383 data points, 1961–2024
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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.