Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 12,242 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 12,242 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 19,113 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 2000.
Southern Asia ranks 18th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 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 | 4,700 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 3,500 ha | -25.5% |
| 2001 | 4,700 ha | +34.3% |
| 2002 | 14,320 ha | +204.7% |
| 2003 | 14,417 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 13,193 ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 17,232 ha | +30.6% |
| 2006 | 18,468 ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 19,113 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14,026 ha | -26.6% |
| 2009 | 14,262 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 13,437 ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 14,572 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 13,112 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 12,538 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 12,643 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12,903 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 13,634 ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 13,445 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 12,177 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 12,382 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 12,372 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 15,406 ha | +24.5% |
| 2022 | 17,173 ha | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 12,805 ha | -25.4% |
| 2024 | 12,242 ha | -4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Asia 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 | +204.7% | 4,700 ha | 14,320 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 | 6,096 ha | 4,700 ha | 7,134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,323 ha | 3,500 ha | 19,113 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,084 ha | 12,177 ha | 14,572 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,000 ha | 12,242 ha | 17,173 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Asia was 12,242 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,113 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 2000.
- How does Southern Asia rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 18th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.