Buckwheat — Area harvested in Lithuania
Lithuania: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 27,610 ha in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Lithuania, 1992–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2019, buckwheat — area harvested in Lithuania stood at 27,610 ha.
The figure is down 47.6% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Lithuania peaked at 52,670 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1992.
Lithuania ranks 12th 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 Lithuania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 600 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,400 ha | +300.0% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | -50.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 1,900 ha | +90.0% |
| 1997 | 4,400 ha | +131.6% |
| 1998 | 8,300 ha | +88.6% |
| 1999 | 15,100 ha | +81.9% |
| 2000 | 16,600 ha | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 16,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 17,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 16,300 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 22,000 ha | +35.0% |
| 2005 | 28,400 ha | +29.1% |
| 2006 | 31,300 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 21,700 ha | -30.7% |
| 2008 | 27,500 ha | +26.7% |
| 2009 | 21,800 ha | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 19,200 ha | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 27,200 ha | +41.7% |
| 2012 | 33,900 ha | +24.6% |
| 2013 | 30,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 37,400 ha | +22.6% |
| 2015 | 36,691 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 43,565 ha | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 48,499 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 52,670 ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 27,610 ha | -47.6% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 27,610 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 28.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 27,610 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 5.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Lithuania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +300.0% | 600 ha | 2,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,362 ha | 600 ha | 15,100 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 21,950 ha | 16,300 ha | 31,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,724 ha | 19,200 ha | 52,670 ha | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More agriculture & rural data for Lithuania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7947 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Lithuania?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Lithuania was 27,610 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 52,670 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1992.
- How does Lithuania rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Lithuania ranks 12th out of 32 countries with data for 2019.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.