China vs Eastern Europe: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Europe
How they compare
Eastern Europe currently reports 997,974 ha against 624,068 ha in China, a difference of 373,906 ha.
That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 1.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 3rd and Eastern Europe ranks 3rd of 32 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Eastern Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.60 million ha | 1.89 million ha | 709,452 ha | China |
| 1970s | 2.13 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 413,986 ha | China |
| 1980s | 1.64 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 124,930 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1990s | 1.35 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 517,843 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2000s | 860,220 ha | 1.38 million ha | 521,854 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2010s | 661,458 ha | 1.19 million ha | 528,143 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2020s | 624,211 ha | 1.08 million ha | 454,143 ha | Eastern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, China or Eastern Europe?
- Eastern Europe, at 997,974 ha against 624,068 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between China and Eastern Europe?
- 373,906 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Europe rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd and Eastern Europe ranks 3rd 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.