Buckwheat — Area harvested in Latvia
Latvia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 18,300 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Latvia, 1992–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, buckwheat — area harvested in Latvia stood at 18,300 ha. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 71.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Latvia peaked at 18,300 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1995.
Latvia ranks 13th of 32 countries on this measure, 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 Latvia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 100 ha | — |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | -50.0% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | +500.0% |
| 1998 | 1,700 ha | +183.3% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | +35.3% |
| 2000 | 6,200 ha | +169.6% |
| 2001 | 10,600 ha | +71.0% |
| 2002 | 10,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 6,500 ha | -38.1% |
| 2004 | 9,700 ha | +49.2% |
| 2005 | 10,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 14,000 ha | +34.6% |
| 2007 | 10,700 ha | -23.6% |
| 2008 | 10,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 10,100 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 6,500 ha | -35.6% |
| 2011 | 8,800 ha | +35.4% |
| 2012 | 8,100 ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 9,800 ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 9,300 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 10,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 16,900 ha | +67.3% |
| 2017 | 18,300 ha | +8.3% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 18,300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 18.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 18,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 3.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Latvia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +500.0% | 100 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 631.25 ha | 50 ha | 2,300 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 9,910 ha | 6,200 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,975 ha | 6,500 ha | 18,300 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,055 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Latvia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Latvia was 18,300 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,300 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1995.
- How does Latvia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Latvia ranks 13th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia 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.