Americas vs China (People’s Republic of): Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 624,068 ha against 143,915 ha in Americas, a difference of 480,153 ha.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 4.3 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 10 groups.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,744 ha | 2.60 million ha | 2.55 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 87,131 ha | 2.13 million ha | 2.04 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 153,380 ha | 1.64 million ha | 1.49 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 144,239 ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.21 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 123,458 ha | 860,220 ha | 736,762 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 129,922 ha | 661,458 ha | 531,535 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 140,227 ha | 624,211 ha | 483,983 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Americas or China (People’s Republic of)?
- China (People’s Republic of), 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 (People’s Republic of)?
- 480,153 ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 10 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.