Buckwheat — Area harvested in France
France: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 74,883 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in France is 74,883 ha, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.1% on the previous year and up 127.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in France peaked at 74,883 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1986.
France ranks 8th of 32 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,600 ha | -10.2% |
| 1963 | 44,800 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 35,400 ha | -21.0% |
| 1965 | 33,200 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 27,900 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 22,100 ha | -20.8% |
| 1968 | 17,900 ha | -19.0% |
| 1969 | 17,200 ha | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 15,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 14,600 ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 11,900 ha | -18.5% |
| 1973 | 11,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 10,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 10,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 7,800 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 6,435 ha | -17.5% |
| 1978 | 7,200 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 5,700 ha | -20.8% |
| 1980 | 5,292 ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 5,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 5,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 4,900 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 4,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 10,700 ha | +154.8% |
| 1989 | 11,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 9,212 ha | -20.6% |
| 1991 | 10,900 ha | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 9,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 10,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 8,900 ha | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 7,355 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 7,585 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 8,564 ha | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 10,085 ha | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 10,389 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 15,057 ha | +44.9% |
| 2001 | 22,371 ha | +48.6% |
| 2002 | 27,439 ha | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 36,860 ha | +34.3% |
| 2004 | 41,071 ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 36,593 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 32,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 32,945 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 34,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 36,900 ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 36,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 30,900 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 30,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44,500 ha | +44.0% |
| 2014 | 30,100 ha | -32.4% |
| 2015 | 31,320 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 58,450 ha | +86.6% |
| 2017 | 74,883 ha | +28.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 74,883 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 77.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- France's 74,883 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 14.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +154.8% | 4,200 ha | 10,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,589 ha | 17,200 ha | 45,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,174 ha | 5,700 ha | 15,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,139 ha | 4,000 ha | 11,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,269 ha | 7,355 ha | 10,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,544 ha | 15,057 ha | 41,071 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,244 ha | 30,100 ha | 74,883 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in France?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in France was 74,883 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 74,883 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1986.
- How does France rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- France ranks 8th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France 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.