Buckwheat — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Buckwheat — Area harvested was 32,575 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 32,575 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 37,455 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 400 ha | — |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 12,200 ha | +1120.0% |
| 2003 | 12,650 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 13,150 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 14,600 ha | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 15,600 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 16,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 17,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 18,900 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 19,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 19,304 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 28,339 ha | +46.8% |
| 2013 | 30,681 ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 30,532 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 31,771 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 31,557 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 32,456 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 31,394 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 31,556 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 31,845 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 35,148 ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 37,455 ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 33,218 ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 32,575 ha | -1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +1120.0% | 1,000 ha | 12,200 ha |
| 2001 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 400 ha | 400 ha | 400 ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 12,260 ha | 500 ha | 18,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,749 ha | 19,304 ha | 32,456 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,048 ha | 31,845 ha | 37,455 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 USSR 2.38 million ha
- 2 Russian Federation 872,673 ha compare
- 3 China 624,068 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 21,322 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 1 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 32,575 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 37,455 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1999.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 4 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.