Buckwheat — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Buckwheat — Area harvested was 33,564 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 33,564 ha.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 38,505 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 2000.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 4,850 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 5,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 5,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,850 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 6,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 6,950 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 7,350 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 7,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 7,850 ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 8,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 9,447 ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 8,900 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | -21.3% |
| 1987 | 6,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 7,190 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 7,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 7,134 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 5,987 ha | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 6,718 ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 6,403 ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 6,136 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,593 ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 5,290 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 5,100 ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 5,700 ha | +42.5% |
| 2002 | 15,820 ha | +177.5% |
| 2003 | 16,417 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 15,693 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 21,232 ha | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 23,468 ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 25,113 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 21,026 ha | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 22,762 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 22,937 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 23,572 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 31,112 ha | +32.0% |
| 2013 | 32,538 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 32,665 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 33,855 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 34,349 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 34,812 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 33,276 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 33,626 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 33,849 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 36,679 ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 38,505 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 34,166 ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 33,564 ha | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 | +177.5% | 5,700 ha | 15,820 ha |
| 2001 | +42.5% | 4,000 ha | 5,700 ha |
| 2005 | +35.3% | 15,693 ha | 21,232 ha |
| 2012 | +32.0% | 23,572 ha | 31,112 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,844 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,890 ha | 5,400 ha | 6,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,714 ha | 6,900 ha | 9,447 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,136 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,123 ha | 4,000 ha | 25,113 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,274 ha | 22,937 ha | 34,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,353 ha | 33,564 ha | 38,505 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 33,564 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 38,505 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 2000.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 12th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.