Buckwheat — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 801,683 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Asia stood at 801,683 ha.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Asia peaked at 3.36 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 688,587 ha, in 2015.
That places Asia 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.65 million ha | 2.26 million ha | 3.36 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.17 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 2.56 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.68 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.58 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 2.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 987,838 ha | 842,877 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 818,906 ha | 688,587 ha | 888,629 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 801,519 ha | 760,562 ha | 832,115 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 USSR 2.38 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 872,673 ha compare
- 3 China 624,068 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 90,300 ha compare
- 7 Poland 78,027 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Asia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Asia was 801,683 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.36 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 688,587 ha in 2015.
- How does Asia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia 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.