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 20th of 33 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.
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 share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,050 t (2024)
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 20th out of 33 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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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.