Eastern Africa vs Japan: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 69,000 ha against 21,322 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 47,678 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.2 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Japan ranks 9th of 21 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 400 ha | 37,100 ha | 36,700 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 3,800 ha | 43,590 ha | 39,790 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 18,190 ha | 59,740 ha | 41,550 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 21,353 ha | 66,760 ha | 45,407 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Japan?
- Japan, at 69,000 ha against 21,322 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Japan?
- 47,678 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Japan?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Japan rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Japan ranks 9th of 21 groups.
- 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.