In 2019, approximately 23.7 thousand hectares of opium poppy crops were eradicated in Mexican territory. The land area occupied by poppy crops that were destroyed in the Latin American country decreased from nearly 30 thousand hectares registered in 2017. Between 2008 and 2017, the eradication of opium poppy in Mexico increased by more than 120 percent, in a mostly continual trend.
Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019
(in 1,000 hectares)
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UNODC. (September 20, 2022). Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/
UNODC. "Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 hectares)." Chart. September 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/
UNODC. (2022). Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/
UNODC. "Eradicated Area of Opium Poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/
UNODC, Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Eradicated area of opium poppy in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph], UNODC, September 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267543/opium-poppy-fields-destroyed-in-mexico-since-1995/