France vs Northern America: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- France
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 95,989 ha against 74,883 ha in France, a difference of 21,106 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.3 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 7th of 32 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,589 ha | 41,889 ha | 10,300 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 10,174 ha | 63,081 ha | 52,908 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 6,139 ha | 115,480 ha | 109,341 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 9,269 ha | 98,548 ha | 89,279 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 31,544 ha | 77,217 ha | 45,674 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 42,244 ha | 79,674 ha | 37,430 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, France or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 95,989 ha against 74,883 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between France and Northern America?
- 21,106 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Northern America?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do France and Northern America rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- France ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 7th 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.