Canada vs Southern Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Canada currently reports 14,300 ha against 12,242 ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 2,058 ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 14th and Southern Asia ranks 18th of 32 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 4 and Southern Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,295 ha | 4,844 ha | 21,451 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 43,309 ha | 5,890 ha | 37,419 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 38,680 ha | 7,714 ha | 30,966 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 16,310 ha | 6,096 ha | 10,214 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 6,920 ha | 13,323 ha | 6,403 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 3,650 ha | 13,084 ha | 9,435 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 11,293 ha | 14,000 ha | 2,707 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Canada or Southern Asia?
- Canada, at 14,300 ha against 12,242 ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Canada and Southern Asia?
- 2,058 ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Southern Asia rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 14th 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.