Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe

Western Europe: Poppy seed — Production was 10,117 t in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
10,117 t
Change on year
down 12.4%
Rank
4th
of 10 groups
All-time high
15,926 t
in 1999
All-time low
1,348 t
in 1969
Years of data
57
1961–2017

Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2017

05.0k10.0k15.0k196119892017

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

Analysis

Western Europe recorded 10,117 t for poppy seed — production in 2017.

The figure is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poppy seed — production in Western Europe peaked at 15,926 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,348 t, in 1969.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe, year by year

Annual values for Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe, 1961 to 2017.
Year t Change
1961 4,790 t
1962 7,148 t +49.2%
1963 5,726 t -19.9%
1964 4,011 t -30.0%
1965 2,985 t -25.6%
1966 2,784 t -6.7%
1967 2,083 t -25.2%
1968 1,648 t -20.9%
1969 1,348 t -18.2%
1970 2,085 t +54.7%
1971 2,392 t +14.7%
1972 3,680 t +53.8%
1973 5,148 t +39.9%
1974 5,092 t -1.1%
1975 5,624 t +10.4%
1976 6,594 t +17.2%
1977 11,454 t +73.7%
1978 9,630 t -15.9%
1979 6,627 t -31.2%
1980 5,221 t -21.2%
1981 5,209 t -0.2%
1982 9,510 t +82.6%
1983 8,133 t -14.5%
1984 10,003 t +23.0%
1985 8,269 t -17.3%
1986 5,819 t -29.6%
1987 5,744 t -1.3%
1988 4,831 t -15.9%
1989 5,910 t +22.3%
1990 4,713 t -20.3%
1991 8,104 t +72.0%
1992 6,773 t -16.4%
1993 8,703 t +28.5%
1994 12,683 t +45.7%
1995 12,914 t +1.8%
1996 10,051 t -22.2%
1997 10,908 t +8.5%
1998 15,242 t +39.7%
1999 15,926 t +4.5%
2000 12,839 t -19.4%
2001 10,107 t -21.3%
2002 12,172 t +20.4%
2003 10,039 t -17.5%
2004 12,184 t +21.4%
2005 13,719 t +12.6%
2006 11,562 t -15.7%
2007 11,116 t -3.9%
2008 11,086 t -0.3%
2009 12,689 t +14.5%
2010 11,579 t -8.7%
2011 11,075 t -4.4%
2012 10,609 t -4.2%
2013 10,581 t -0.3%
2014 10,651 t +0.7%
2015 10,837 t +1.7%
2016 11,549 t +6.6%
2017 10,117 t -12.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3,614 t 1,348 t 7,148 t 9
1970s 5,833 t 2,085 t 11,454 t 10
1980s 6,865 t 4,831 t 10,003 t 10
1990s 10,602 t 4,713 t 15,926 t 10
2000s 11,751 t 10,039 t 13,719 t 10
2010s 10,875 t 10,117 t 11,579 t 8

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 1 Czechia 20,048 t compare
  2. 2 Spain 11,900 t compare
  3. 3 Czechoslovakia 9,692 t compare
  4. 4 France 5,057 t compare
  5. 5 Hungary 3,864 t compare
  6. 6 Germany 2,905 t compare
  7. 7 Croatia 2,771 t compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poppy seed — production in Western Europe?
Poppy seed — production in Western Europe was 10,117 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest poppy seed — production recorded in Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 15,926 t in 1999.
What is the lowest poppy seed — production recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 1,348 t in 1969.
How does Western Europe rank for poppy seed — production?
Western Europe ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2017.
Is poppy seed — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. 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 — 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.