Buckwheat — Area harvested in Belarus
Belarus: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 35,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 35,000 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 89.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Belarus peaked at 42,117 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,106 ha, in 2005.
That places Belarus 11th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Belarus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 18,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 22,900 ha | +43.1% |
| 2000 | 22,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 27,800 ha | +26.4% |
| 2002 | 14,100 ha | -49.3% |
| 2003 | 11,088 ha | -21.4% |
| 2004 | 11,542 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 7,106 ha | -38.4% |
| 2006 | 7,935 ha | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 11,452 ha | +44.3% |
| 2008 | 15,524 ha | +35.6% |
| 2009 | 20,582 ha | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 25,293 ha | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 40,754 ha | +61.1% |
| 2012 | 42,117 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 31,403 ha | -25.4% |
| 2014 | 18,504 ha | -41.1% |
| 2015 | 12,860 ha | -30.5% |
| 2016 | 13,199 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 17,550 ha | +33.0% |
| 2018 | 18,357 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 14,100 ha | -23.2% |
| 2020 | 27,354 ha | +94.0% |
| 2021 | 29,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 35,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 35,000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,464 ha, 84% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 35,000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 36.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,238 ha | 16,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 14,913 ha | 7,106 ha | 27,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,414 ha | 12,860 ha | 42,117 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,871 ha | 27,354 ha | 38,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 709.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2051 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Belarus?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Belarus was 35,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 42,117 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,106 ha in 2005.
- How does Belarus rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 11th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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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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.