Poppy seed — Yield in France
France: Poppy seed — Yield was 596.1 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Yield in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, poppy seed — yield in France stood at 596.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in France peaked at 1,241 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1981.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,025 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 777.8 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1963 | 818.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 717.8 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1965 | 824.6 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1966 | 803.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 734.6 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1968 | 784.8 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 624.1 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1970 | 780 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 633.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1972 | 489.5 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1973 | 510.7 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 705.9 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1975 | 763.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 763.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 471.5 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1978 | 424.3 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 416.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 418.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 400 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 454.5 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 428.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 411.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 433.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 400 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 444.4 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 454.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 444.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 1,107 kg/ha | +149.2% |
| 1992 | 1,038 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 1,000 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,083 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 1,174 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 1,010 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 992.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,231 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1999 | 1,241 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,136 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 758.3 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 798.9 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 608.5 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2004 | 820.2 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2005 | 877 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 718.8 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2007 | 938.6 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2008 | 901.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 773 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 616 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 600 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 603.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 596.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 596.1 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- France's 596.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy seed — Yield in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +149.2% | 444.4 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 790.01 kg/ha | 624.1 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 595.87 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 424.53 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 454.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,032 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 833.14 kg/ha | 608.5 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 601.95 kg/ha | 596.1 kg/ha | 616 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in France?
- Poppy seed — yield in France was 596.1 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1,241 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does France rank for poppy seed — yield?
- France ranks 16th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.