Asia vs USSR: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 2.38 million ha against 801,683 ha in Asia, a difference of 1.58 million ha.
That makes USSR's figure about 3.0 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st of 15 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.65 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 817,730 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 2.17 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 499,096 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 1.68 million ha | 1.69 million ha | 11,812 ha | USSR |
| 1990s | 1.64 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 482,825 ha | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Asia or USSR?
- USSR, at 2.38 million ha against 801,683 ha in Asia as of 1991.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Asia and USSR?
- 1.58 million ha, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Asia and USSR rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st of 15 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.