Buckwheat — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 143,915 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in Americas is 143,915 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Americas peaked at 197,600 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 35,808 ha, in 1962.
That places Americas 5th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,719 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,808 ha | -14.2% |
| 1963 | 48,679 ha | +35.9% |
| 1964 | 52,362 ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 36,398 ha | -30.5% |
| 1966 | 39,196 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 50,596 ha | +29.1% |
| 1968 | 67,927 ha | +34.3% |
| 1969 | 66,013 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 88,397 ha | +33.9% |
| 1971 | 72,733 ha | -17.7% |
| 1972 | 64,701 ha | -11.0% |
| 1973 | 76,517 ha | +18.3% |
| 1974 | 74,538 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 81,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 72,100 ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 86,800 ha | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 126,124 ha | +45.3% |
| 1979 | 128,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 117,500 ha | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 153,800 ha | +30.9% |
| 1982 | 150,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 145,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 136,800 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 126,400 ha | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 162,300 ha | +28.4% |
| 1987 | 167,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 197,600 ha | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 176,400 ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 172,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 162,140 ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 146,200 ha | -9.8% |
| 1993 | 144,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 149,001 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 145,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 125,916 ha | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 140,601 ha | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 134,068 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 121,766 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 125,318 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 126,844 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 125,556 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 123,654 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 117,088 ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 115,499 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 119,900 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 120,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 130,185 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 130,540 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 124,697 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 123,378 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 125,596 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 125,884 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 127,384 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 126,043 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 130,032 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 132,136 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 140,829 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 143,245 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 138,589 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 135,938 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 140,408 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 142,287 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 143,915 ha | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +45.3% | 86,800 ha | 126,124 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,744 ha | 35,808 ha | 67,927 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,131 ha | 64,701 ha | 128,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 153,380 ha | 117,500 ha | 197,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 144,239 ha | 121,766 ha | 172,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,458 ha | 115,499 ha | 130,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,922 ha | 123,378 ha | 143,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,227 ha | 135,938 ha | 143,915 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Russian Federation 872,673 ha compare
- 3 China 624,068 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 21,322 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 1 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 90,300 ha compare
- 7 Poland 78,027 ha compare
- 8 France 74,883 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Americas?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Americas was 143,915 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 197,600 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,808 ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Buckwheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.