China (People’s Republic of) vs Eastern Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 694,865 ha against 624,068 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 70,797 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.1 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd and Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 32 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.60 million ha | 2.65 million ha | 49,776 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 2.13 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 29,846 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 1.64 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 32,415 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 1.35 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 32,539 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 860,220 ha | 906,500 ha | 46,280 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 661,458 ha | 723,752 ha | 62,294 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 624,211 ha | 692,907 ha | 68,696 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 694,865 ha against 624,068 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia?
- 70,797 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd and Eastern Asia ranks 4th 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.