Buckwheat — Area harvested in Croatia
Croatia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 695 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Croatia, 1992–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, buckwheat — area harvested in Croatia stood at 695 ha. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 363.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Croatia peaked at 695 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1994.
That places Croatia 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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 Croatia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 83 ha | — |
| 1993 | 64 ha | -22.9% |
| 1994 | 3 ha | -95.3% |
| 1995 | 9 ha | +200.0% |
| 1996 | 6 ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 45 ha | +650.0% |
| 1999 | 39 ha | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 45 ha | +15.4% |
| 2001 | 51 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 57 ha | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 66 ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 50 ha | -24.2% |
| 2005 | 80 ha | +60.0% |
| 2006 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 75 ha | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 160 ha | +113.3% |
| 2010 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 190 ha | +35.7% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 154 ha | -23.0% |
| 2014 | 245 ha | +59.1% |
| 2015 | 571 ha | +133.1% |
| 2016 | 656 ha | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 695 ha | +5.9% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 695 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 72% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 695 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 13% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Croatia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +650.0% | 6 ha | 45 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.88 ha | 3 ha | 83 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 83.4 ha | 45 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 356.38 ha | 140 ha | 695 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 20 Hungary 969 ha compare
- 21 Yugoslav SFR 916 ha
- 22 Czechia 887 ha compare
- 24 South Africa 556 ha compare
- 25 Slovakia 429 ha compare
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 359 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Croatia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 767.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4457 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4219 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Croatia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Croatia was 695 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 695 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1994.
- How does Croatia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Croatia ranks 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 363.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Croatia 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.