Buckwheat — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 94,470 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Central Asia stood at 94,470 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.5% on the previous year and up 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 573,690 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 35,693 ha, in 1999.
Central Asia ranks 8th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 573,690 ha | — |
| 1993 | 418,328 ha | -27.1% |
| 1994 | 342,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1995 | 206,100 ha | -39.7% |
| 1996 | 198,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 82,850 ha | -58.2% |
| 1998 | 48,052 ha | -42.0% |
| 1999 | 35,693 ha | -25.7% |
| 2000 | 47,877 ha | +34.1% |
| 2001 | 57,236 ha | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 42,219 ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 63,094 ha | +49.4% |
| 2004 | 53,626 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 77,578 ha | +44.7% |
| 2006 | 87,803 ha | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 138,263 ha | +57.5% |
| 2008 | 54,018 ha | -60.9% |
| 2009 | 57,461 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 63,874 ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 67,111 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 76,205 ha | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 81,494 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 64,504 ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 62,497 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 98,439 ha | +57.5% |
| 2017 | 141,529 ha | +43.8% |
| 2018 | 95,870 ha | -32.3% |
| 2019 | 68,142 ha | -28.9% |
| 2020 | 55,106 ha | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 87,308 ha | +58.4% |
| 2022 | 121,142 ha | +38.8% |
| 2023 | 114,508 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 94,470 ha | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 238,102 ha | 35,693 ha | 573,690 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 67,918 ha | 42,219 ha | 138,263 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,966 ha | 62,497 ha | 141,529 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,507 ha | 55,106 ha | 121,142 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Central Asia was 94,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 573,690 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,693 ha in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 8th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central 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.