Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Poppy seed — Production was 10,117 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2017
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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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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.