Americas vs China, mainland: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 624,068 ha against 143,915 ha in Americas, a difference of 480,153 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 4.3 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 21 groups.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,744 ha | 2.60 million ha | 2.55 million ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 87,131 ha | 2.13 million ha | 2.04 million ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 153,380 ha | 1.64 million ha | 1.49 million ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 144,239 ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.21 million ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 123,458 ha | 860,220 ha | 736,762 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 129,922 ha | 661,458 ha | 531,535 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 140,227 ha | 624,211 ha | 483,983 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Americas or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 624,068 ha against 143,915 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Americas and China, mainland?
- 480,153 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd 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.