Eastern Asia vs France: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- France
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 694,865 ha against 74,883 ha in France, a difference of 619,982 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 9.3 times France's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th and France ranks 8th of 21 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.65 million ha | 31,589 ha | 2.61 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 2.16 million ha | 10,174 ha | 2.15 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 1.67 million ha | 6,139 ha | 1.67 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 1.38 million ha | 9,269 ha | 1.38 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 906,500 ha | 31,544 ha | 874,956 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 732,671 ha | 42,244 ha | 690,427 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Eastern Asia or France?
- Eastern Asia, at 694,865 ha against 74,883 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Eastern Asia and France?
- 619,982 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and France?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Eastern Asia and France rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th and France ranks 8th 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.