Buckwheat — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 989 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Bhutan stood at 989 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 9,447 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 948 ha, in 2023.
Bhutan ranks 19th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 4,850 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 5,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 5,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,850 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 6,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 6,950 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 7,350 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 7,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 7,850 ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 8,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 9,447 ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 8,900 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | -21.3% |
| 1987 | 6,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 7,190 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 7,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 7,134 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 5,987 ha | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 6,718 ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 6,403 ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 6,136 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,593 ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 5,290 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 4,700 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 3,500 ha | -25.5% |
| 2001 | 4,700 ha | +34.3% |
| 2002 | 3,620 ha | -23.0% |
| 2003 | 3,767 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 2,543 ha | -32.5% |
| 2005 | 6,632 ha | +160.8% |
| 2006 | 7,868 ha | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 8,613 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 3,526 ha | -59.1% |
| 2009 | 3,862 ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 3,037 ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 4,268 ha | +40.5% |
| 2012 | 2,773 ha | -35.0% |
| 2013 | 1,857 ha | -33.0% |
| 2014 | 2,133 ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 2,084 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 2,792 ha | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 2,355 ha | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 1,881 ha | -20.1% |
| 2019 | 2,071 ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 2,004 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,531 ha | -23.6% |
| 2022 | 1,050 ha | -31.4% |
| 2023 | 948 ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 989 ha | +4.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 989 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 175 ha, 5.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +160.8% | 2,543 ha | 6,632 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,844 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,890 ha | 5,400 ha | 6,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,714 ha | 6,900 ha | 9,447 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,096 ha | 4,700 ha | 7,134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,863 ha | 2,543 ha | 8,613 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,525 ha | 1,857 ha | 4,268 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,304 ha | 948 ha | 2,004 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Bhutan was 989 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,447 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 948 ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 19th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.