Buckwheat — Area harvested in Slovakia
Slovakia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 429 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Slovakia, 1993–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in Slovakia is 429 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 33.0% on the previous year and up 99.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Slovakia peaked at 640 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 73 ha, in 2013.
That places Slovakia 25th out of 32 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 505 ha | — |
| 1994 | 345 ha | -31.7% |
| 1995 | 320 ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 205 ha | -35.9% |
| 1997 | 288 ha | +40.5% |
| 1998 | 104 ha | -63.9% |
| 1999 | 274 ha | +163.5% |
| 2000 | 234 ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 152 ha | -35.0% |
| 2002 | 164 ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 184 ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 249 ha | +35.3% |
| 2005 | 362 ha | +45.4% |
| 2006 | 546 ha | +50.8% |
| 2007 | 215 ha | -60.6% |
| 2008 | 93 ha | -56.7% |
| 2009 | 165 ha | +77.4% |
| 2010 | 86 ha | -47.9% |
| 2011 | 569 ha | +561.6% |
| 2012 | 239 ha | -58.0% |
| 2013 | 73 ha | -69.5% |
| 2014 | 176 ha | +141.1% |
| 2015 | 189 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 640 ha | +238.6% |
| 2017 | 429 ha | -33.0% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 429 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 44% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 429 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 8% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Slovakia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +561.6% | 86 ha | 569 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 291.57 ha | 104 ha | 505 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 236.4 ha | 93 ha | 546 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 300.12 ha | 73 ha | 640 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
- 22 Czechia 887 ha compare
- 23 Croatia 695 ha compare
- 24 South Africa 556 ha compare
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 359 ha compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 175 ha compare
- 28 Georgia 106 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Slovakia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0159 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 454.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1564 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Slovakia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Slovakia was 429 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 640 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 73 ha in 2013.
- How does Slovakia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Slovakia ranks 25th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.