Africa vs Canada: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Canada
How they compare
Africa currently reports 21,878 ha against 14,300 ha in Canada, a difference of 7,578 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.5 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Africa ranks 16th and Canada ranks 14th of 21 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and Canada in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,000 ha | 26,295 ha | 8,295 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 6,640 ha | 43,309 ha | 36,669 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 1,753 ha | 38,680 ha | 36,927 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 670.1 ha | 16,310 ha | 15,640 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 4,408 ha | 6,920 ha | 2,512 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 18,774 ha | 3,650 ha | 15,125 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 21,912 ha | 11,293 ha | 10,619 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Africa or Canada?
- Africa, at 21,878 ha against 14,300 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Africa and Canada?
- 7,578 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Canada?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Canada rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th and Canada ranks 14th of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Buckwheat — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.