Buckwheat — Area harvested in Estonia
Estonia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 5,278 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Estonia, 1992–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, buckwheat — area harvested in Estonia stood at 5,278 ha. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 71.1% on the previous year and up 1,630.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Estonia peaked at 5,278 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1993.
That places Estonia 16th 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 Estonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1994 | 5 ha | — |
| 1995 | 42 ha | +740.0% |
| 1996 | 80 ha | +90.5% |
| 1997 | 41 ha | -48.8% |
| 1998 | 100 ha | +143.9% |
| 1999 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +400.0% |
| 2001 | 691 ha | +38.2% |
| 2002 | 68 ha | -90.2% |
| 2003 | 80 ha | +17.6% |
| 2004 | 231 ha | +188.8% |
| 2005 | 676 ha | +192.6% |
| 2006 | 101 ha | -85.1% |
| 2007 | 305 ha | +202.0% |
| 2008 | 400 ha | +31.1% |
| 2009 | 148 ha | -63.0% |
| 2010 | 300 ha | +102.7% |
| 2011 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 2013 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 1,400 ha | +75.0% |
| 2016 | 3,085 ha | +120.4% |
| 2017 | 5,278 ha | +71.1% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 5,278 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 5.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 5,278 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Estonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +740.0% | 5 ha | 42 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.5 ha | 0 ha | 100 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 320 ha | 68 ha | 691 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,533 ha | 300 ha | 5,278 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More agriculture & rural data for Estonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 566.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5048 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2928 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Estonia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Estonia was 5,278 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,278 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1993.
- How does Estonia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Estonia ranks 16th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,630.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Estonia 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.