Brazil vs Southern Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 47,927 ha against 12,242 ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 35,685 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 3.9 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Brazil ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 18th of 32 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,856 ha | 4,844 ha | 2,011 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 24,050 ha | 5,890 ha | 18,160 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 37,900 ha | 7,714 ha | 30,186 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 45,691 ha | 6,096 ha | 39,595 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 46,241 ha | 13,323 ha | 32,918 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 47,266 ha | 13,084 ha | 34,182 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 47,735 ha | 14,000 ha | 33,735 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Brazil or Southern Asia?
- Brazil, at 47,927 ha against 12,242 ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Brazil and Southern Asia?
- 35,685 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Southern Asia rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 18th 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.
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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.