Poppy seed — Yield in Europe
Europe: Poppy seed — Yield was 1,063 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, poppy seed — yield in Europe stood at 1,063 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Europe peaked at 1,083 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 387.3 kg/ha, in 1981.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 533.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 507.9 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 496.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 410 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1965 | 416.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 444.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 504 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 411 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1969 | 504.3 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1970 | 523.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 611.6 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1972 | 598.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 579.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 687.1 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 546.8 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1976 | 547.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 658.9 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 608.5 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 445.3 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1980 | 515 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1981 | 387.3 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1982 | 544.7 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1983 | 563.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 678.5 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 624.3 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 598.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 661.9 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 663.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 802.2 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 925.1 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 793.7 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 726.8 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 783 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 701.3 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 746.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 778.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 695.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 732.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 707.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 635.4 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 686.4 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 644.2 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 578 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 870.5 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 2005 | 810 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 612 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2007 | 639.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 750.2 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 696 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 616.1 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 822.3 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2012 | 751 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 780.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 865.8 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 844.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 809 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 697.4 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 1,069 kg/ha | +53.2% |
| 2019 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,076 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,083 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,071 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,067 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,063 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 469.72 kg/ha | 410 kg/ha | 533.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 580.71 kg/ha | 445.3 kg/ha | 687.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 603.93 kg/ha | 387.3 kg/ha | 802.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 759.06 kg/ha | 695.2 kg/ha | 925.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 692.2 kg/ha | 578 kg/ha | 870.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 832.84 kg/ha | 616.1 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,072 kg/ha | 1,063 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Europe?
- Poppy seed — yield in Europe was 1,063 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,083 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 387.3 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Europe rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Europe ranks 1st out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.