Poppy seed — Yield in Germany
Germany: Poppy seed — Yield was 555.8 kg/ha in 2017. ▬ Flat
Poppy seed — Yield in Germany, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 555.8 kg/ha for poppy seed — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Germany peaked at 845.9 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 314.5 kg/ha, in 1976.
Poppy seed — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 624.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 677.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 610.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 533.1 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 595.5 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 543.8 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1967 | 581.9 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 647.3 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 606.5 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 575.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 644.8 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 677.8 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 586.6 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1974 | 748.5 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1975 | 677.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 314.5 kg/ha | -53.6% |
| 1977 | 633.9 kg/ha | +101.6% |
| 1978 | 561.2 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 704.1 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1980 | 557 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 542.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 690.8 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1983 | 534.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 629.4 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 845.9 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1986 | 738.5 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 821.3 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 665.5 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 781.7 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 711.1 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 701.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 698.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 700 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 694.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 710.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 692.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 688.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 683.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 678.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 675 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 661.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 653.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 646.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 618 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 615.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 610 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 604.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 599.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 595.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 591.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 566 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 581.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 581.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 555.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 552.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 557.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 555.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 555.8 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Germany's 555.8 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy seed — Yield in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +101.6% | 314.5 kg/ha | 633.9 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -53.6% | 677.1 kg/ha | 314.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 602.33 kg/ha | 533.1 kg/ha | 677.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 612.38 kg/ha | 314.5 kg/ha | 748.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 680.69 kg/ha | 534.7 kg/ha | 845.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 695.89 kg/ha | 678.7 kg/ha | 711.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 627.9 kg/ha | 595.3 kg/ha | 675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 567.82 kg/ha | 552.5 kg/ha | 591.3 kg/ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Germany?
- Poppy seed — yield in Germany was 555.8 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 845.9 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 314.5 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Germany rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Germany ranks 17th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Germany 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.