Global opium production
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Global opium production has followed a long-term upward trend over
the past two decades, although it fell in 2018 by 25 percent to 7,790 tons compared with the previous year
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Opium production (tons, 000s) 

10 8 6 4 2 0

1998 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

2001: Fall of Taliban and Al Qaeda-related groups

4,350
8,090
7,554
6,380
10,410 
7,790
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Opium production (hectares, 2018)

Rest of world 14,900
Mexico  30,600
Myanmar 37,300
TOTAL  345,800

20% decrease on 2017
 
Afghanistan 263,000

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 Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS