Buckwheat — Area harvested in China
China: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 624,068 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Buckwheat — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 624,068 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in China peaked at 3.30 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 552,178 ha, in 2015.
That places China 3rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.60 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 3.30 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.13 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 2.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.35 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 860,220 ha | 724,000 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 661,458 ha | 552,178 ha | 748,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 624,211 ha | 622,125 ha | 625,835 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 USSR 2.38 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 872,673 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 90,300 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in China?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in China was 624,068 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3.30 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 552,178 ha in 2015.
- How does China rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.