Poppy seed — Yield in Romania
Romania: Poppy seed — Yield was 409.1 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Yield in Romania, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, poppy seed — yield in Romania stood at 409.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Romania peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 98.8 kg/ha, in 1981.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Yield in Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 488.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 360.7 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1963 | 240 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1964 | 280.7 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1965 | 446.4 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 1966 | 476.9 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 571.4 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 235.3 kg/ha | -58.8% |
| 1969 | 250 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 437.5 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1971 | 306.5 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1972 | 381 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1973 | 416.7 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 421.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 246.2 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1976 | 548.8 kg/ha | +122.9% |
| 1977 | 576.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 452.4 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1979 | 227.8 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 1980 | 361.4 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1981 | 98.8 kg/ha | -72.7% |
| 1982 | 206.3 kg/ha | +108.8% |
| 1983 | 250 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1984 | 276.9 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 307.7 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +225.0% |
| 1987 | 916.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 866.7 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 1,100 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1990 | 1,077 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 857.1 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1992 | 666.7 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1993 | 500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 2,500 kg/ha | +400.0% |
| 1995 | 1,492 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1996 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 540.2 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 1998 | 928.9 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 1999 | 709.2 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2000 | 1,321 kg/ha | +86.3% |
| 2001 | 720 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 2002 | 466.7 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 2003 | 742.3 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 2004 | 763.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 736.2 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 708.5 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 516.1 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 645.8 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2009 | 633.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 608.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 598.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 591 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 583.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 506.2 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 472.5 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 437.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 409.1 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 409.1 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Romania's 409.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy seed — Yield in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +400.0% | 500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +225.0% | 307.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 372.17 kg/ha | 235.3 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 401.41 kg/ha | 227.8 kg/ha | 576.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 538.45 kg/ha | 98.8 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,094 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 725.42 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 525.88 kg/ha | 409.1 kg/ha | 608.5 kg/ha | 8 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Romania?
- Poppy seed — yield in Romania was 409.1 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.8 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Romania rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Romania ranks 18th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.