Buckwheat — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 47,927 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in Brazil is 47,927 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 54,000 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 450 ha, in 1961.
That places Brazil 10th 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 64 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 ha | +111.1% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +952.6% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 6,100 ha | -23.8% |
| 1966 | 3,300 ha | -45.9% |
| 1967 | 4,300 ha | +30.3% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | +341.9% |
| 1969 | 9,600 ha | -49.5% |
| 1970 | 9,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,200 ha | -14.6% |
| 1972 | 7,700 ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 24,000 ha | +211.7% |
| 1974 | 31,000 ha | +29.2% |
| 1975 | 41,000 ha | +32.3% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | -39.0% |
| 1977 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1978 | 43,000 ha | +104.8% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1980 | 26,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 49,000 ha | +88.5% |
| 1982 | 43,000 ha | -12.2% |
| 1983 | 34,000 ha | -20.9% |
| 1984 | 29,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1985 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 34,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1987 | 39,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1988 | 54,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1989 | 42,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 50,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 45,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 36,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 50,000 ha | +38.9% |
| 1994 | 46,301 ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 47,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 45,816 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 45,601 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 45,624 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 45,566 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 45,518 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 45,467 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 45,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 45,682 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 45,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 46,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 47,185 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 46,859 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 46,665 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 46,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 46,793 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 47,045 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 47,252 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 47,363 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 47,545 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 47,630 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 47,645 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 47,683 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 47,790 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 47,927 ha | +0.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 47,927 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,464 ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +952.6% | 950 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1968 | +341.9% | 4,300 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1973 | +211.7% | 7,700 ha | 24,000 ha |
| 1962 | +111.1% | 450 ha | 950 ha |
| 1978 | +104.8% | 21,000 ha | 43,000 ha |
| 1981 | +88.5% | 26,000 ha | 49,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,856 ha | 450 ha | 19,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,050 ha | 7,700 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,900 ha | 26,000 ha | 54,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,691 ha | 36,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,241 ha | 45,000 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,266 ha | 46,000 ha | 49,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,735 ha | 47,630 ha | 47,927 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Brazil?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Brazil was 47,927 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 54,000 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 450 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 10th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.