Buckwheat — Area harvested in Poland
Poland: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 78,027 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Poland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Poland recorded 78,027 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Poland peaked at 140,065 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 33,826 ha, in 2003.
That places Poland 7th out of 32 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Poland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1963 | 51,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 43,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1965 | 52,000 ha | +20.9% |
| 1966 | 49,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 54,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 45,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 63,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1970 | 61,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 57,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 42,000 ha | -26.3% |
| 1973 | 37,000 ha | -11.9% |
| 1974 | 41,300 ha | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 34,031 ha | -17.6% |
| 1976 | 42,848 ha | +25.9% |
| 1977 | 37,289 ha | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 61,419 ha | +64.7% |
| 1979 | 79,105 ha | +28.8% |
| 1980 | 126,235 ha | +59.6% |
| 1981 | 140,065 ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 97,395 ha | -30.5% |
| 1983 | 50,545 ha | -48.1% |
| 1984 | 50,169 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 43,705 ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 39,378 ha | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 54,460 ha | +38.3% |
| 1988 | 61,448 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 66,372 ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 38,074 ha | -42.6% |
| 1991 | 34,783 ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 42,022 ha | +20.8% |
| 1993 | 40,213 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 42,032 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 39,427 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 41,464 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 42,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 44,023 ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 48,030 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 61,438 ha | +27.9% |
| 2001 | 54,732 ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 36,000 ha | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 33,826 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 47,849 ha | +41.5% |
| 2005 | 67,531 ha | +41.1% |
| 2006 | 80,432 ha | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 72,680 ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 64,514 ha | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 69,830 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 88,206 ha | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 75,768 ha | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 71,016 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 70,384 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 62,710 ha | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 58,529 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 81,468 ha | +39.2% |
| 2017 | 78,027 ha | -4.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 78,027 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 80.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Poland's 78,027 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 14.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,111 ha | 43,000 ha | 64,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,299 ha | 34,031 ha | 79,105 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,977 ha | 39,378 ha | 140,065 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,227 ha | 34,783 ha | 48,030 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,883 ha | 33,826 ha | 80,432 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,264 ha | 58,529 ha | 88,206 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Poland?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Poland was 78,027 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 140,065 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,826 ha in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Poland ranks 7th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.