France vs South America: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- France
- South America
How they compare
France currently reports 74,883 ha against 47,927 ha in South America, a difference of 26,956 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.6 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 8th and South America ranks 11th of 32 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and South America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,589 ha | 6,856 ha | 24,733 ha | France |
| 1970s | 10,174 ha | 24,050 ha | 13,876 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 6,139 ha | 37,900 ha | 31,761 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 9,269 ha | 45,691 ha | 36,422 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 31,544 ha | 46,241 ha | 14,698 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 42,244 ha | 47,219 ha | 4,975 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, France or South America?
- France, at 74,883 ha against 47,927 ha in South America as of 2017.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between France and South America?
- 26,956 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and South America?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do France and South America rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- France ranks 8th and South America ranks 11th 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.