Poppy seed — Yield in Spain
Spain: Poppy seed — Yield was 1,082 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Poppy seed — Yield in Spain, 1984–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poppy seed — yield in Spain is 1,082 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Spain peaked at 1,143 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 900 kg/ha, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Poppy seed — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 901.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1985 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 903.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 900.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 902.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 904.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 902 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 900 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 921.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 901.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 917.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 918.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 901.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 920.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 900.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 900.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 900.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 993.2 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 1,143 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 1,100 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 1,091 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1,048 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,091 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 1,093 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,082 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1,082 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1,082 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 905.5 kg/ha | 900.9 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 907.57 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 921.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 907.91 kg/ha | 900.2 kg/ha | 920.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,080 kg/ha | 993.2 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poppy seed — yield in Spain?
- Poppy seed — yield in Spain was 1,082 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,143 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Spain rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Spain ranks 3rd out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.