Buckwheat — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 998,333 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 998,333 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.1% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Europe peaked at 2.43 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 894,181 ha, in 2019.
That places Europe 2nd out of 24 groups 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 | 1.93 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.73 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 1.96 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.77 million ha | 1.63 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.88 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 2.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.45 million ha | 978,543 ha | 2.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 million ha | 894,181 ha | 1.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 million ha | 933,658 ha | 1.26 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 USSR 2.38 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 872,673 ha compare
- 3 China 624,068 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,912 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 11.31 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Europe?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Europe was 998,333 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.43 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 894,181 ha in 2019.
- How does Europe rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.