Poppy seed — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Poppy seed — Yield was 810 kg/ha in 1995. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Yield in Denmark, 1961–1995
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1995, poppy seed — yield in Denmark stood at 810 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Denmark peaked at 1,286 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 200 kg/ha, in 1964.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,042 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1964 | 200 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 724.6 kg/ha | +262.3% |
| 1966 | 699.3 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 714.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 681.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 596.1 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1970 | 756.7 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1971 | 1,013 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1972 | 798 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1973 | 652.1 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1974 | 1,286 kg/ha | +97.2% |
| 1975 | 746.1 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1976 | 614.8 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1977 | 1,021 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 1978 | 690.3 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1979 | 1,242 kg/ha | +79.9% |
| 1980 | 680 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 1981 | 751 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 952 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1983 | 698.4 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1984 | 900 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 826.7 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 866.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 770 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1988 | 875 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 860 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 840 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 861.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 866.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 890 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 836.4 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 810 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 810 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 810 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy seed — Yield in Denmark changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +262.3% | 200 kg/ha | 724.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 673.07 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 882.01 kg/ha | 614.8 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 817.98 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 850.77 kg/ha | 810 kg/ha | 890 kg/ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Denmark?
- Poppy seed — yield in Denmark was 810 kg/ha in 1995, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1,286 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Denmark rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Denmark ranks 5th out of 18 countries with data for 1995.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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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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.