China (People’s Republic of) vs Western Europe: Buckwheat — Production
Buckwheat — Production over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Western Europe
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 504,358 t against 263,485 t in Western Europe, a difference of 240,873 t.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 1.9 times Western Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 32 countries.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.57 million t | 35,025 t | 1.53 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 2.31 million t | 12,883 t | 2.30 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 2.19 million t | 10,193 t | 2.18 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 2.28 million t | 23,823 t | 2.25 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 945,800 t | 96,309 t | 849,491 t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 577,922 t | 142,613 t | 435,309 t | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher buckwheat — production, China (People’s Republic of) or Western Europe?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 504,358 t against 263,485 t in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in buckwheat — production between China (People’s Republic of) and Western Europe?
- 240,873 t, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Western Europe?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Western Europe rank globally for buckwheat — production?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 32 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Buckwheat — Production. 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.