Brazil vs Japan: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 69,000 ha against 47,927 ha in Brazil, a difference of 21,073 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Brazil ranks 10th and Japan ranks 9th of 32 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,856 ha | 31,556 ha | 24,700 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 24,050 ha | 20,658 ha | 3,392 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 37,900 ha | 22,480 ha | 15,420 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 45,691 ha | 27,110 ha | 18,581 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 46,241 ha | 43,590 ha | 2,651 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 47,266 ha | 59,740 ha | 12,474 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 47,735 ha | 66,760 ha | 19,025 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Brazil or Japan?
- Japan, at 69,000 ha against 47,927 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Brazil and Japan?
- 21,073 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 10th and Japan ranks 9th of 32 countries.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.