Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 359 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 359 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.9% on the previous year and down 87.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 12,850 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 359 ha, in 2024.
Southern Europe ranks 20th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,993 ha | 7,048 ha | 12,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,366 ha | 1,730 ha | 6,769 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,763 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,533 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 654.8 ha | 451 ha | 938 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 861.6 ha | 628 ha | 1,226 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,891 ha | 1,368 ha | 5,476 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 605.4 ha | 359 ha | 836 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 45,919 ha (2024)
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- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,357 kg/An (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 12.04 million ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 16.92 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Southern Europe was 359 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12,850 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 359 ha in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 20th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.