Poppy seed — Yield in Austria
Austria: Poppy seed — Yield was 597.3 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Poppy seed — Yield in Austria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, poppy seed — yield in Austria stood at 597.3 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.6% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Austria peaked at 1,156 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 597.3 kg/ha, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Yield in Austria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 905.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 862.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 878.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 880.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 777.8 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1966 | 964 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1967 | 994.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 1,058 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 947.4 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 1,150 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 951.7 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 908.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 925.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 875 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 904.2 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 935.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 775.2 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1978 | 931.9 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1979 | 1,156 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1980 | 987.8 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1981 | 1,020 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1,037 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 868.3 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1984 | 878 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 963.3 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 890.7 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 876.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 818.9 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 770.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 1,010 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1991 | 1,028 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 729.7 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 971 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1994 | 788.1 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 933 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 975.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 1,014 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1,140 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 873.1 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2001 | 862.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 876.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 760.9 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 817.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 790.8 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 690.3 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 742.8 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 779.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 688 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 686.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 927.6 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2012 | 709.3 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2013 | 713.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 829 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 764.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 836.8 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 597.3 kg/ha | -28.6% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 597.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Austria's 597.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 918.83 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 951.42 kg/ha | 775.2 kg/ha | 1,156 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 911.16 kg/ha | 770.9 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 958.89 kg/ha | 729.7 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 788.11 kg/ha | 688 kg/ha | 876.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 758.02 kg/ha | 597.3 kg/ha | 927.6 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Austria?
- Poppy seed — yield in Austria was 597.3 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,156 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 597.3 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Austria rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Austria ranks 15th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Poppy seed — Yield. 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.