Japan vs Western Europe: Buckwheat — Area harvested
Buckwheat — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 74,883 ha against 69,000 ha in Japan, a difference of 5,883 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Japan ranks 9th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 32 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Western Europe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,556 ha | 31,741 ha | 185 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 20,658 ha | 10,174 ha | 10,484 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 22,480 ha | 6,139 ha | 16,341 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 27,110 ha | 9,269 ha | 17,841 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 43,590 ha | 31,544 ha | 12,046 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 58,512 ha | 42,244 ha | 16,268 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — area harvested, Japan or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 74,883 ha against 69,000 ha in Japan as of 2017.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — area harvested between Japan and Western Europe?
- 5,883 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Europe?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Japan and Western Europe rank globally for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 9th and Western Europe ranks 10th 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.