Buckwheat — Area harvested in Ukraine
Ukraine: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 90,300 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Ukraine, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in Ukraine is 90,300 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 38.9% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Ukraine peaked at 576,700 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 69,200 ha, in 2019.
That places Ukraine 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 447,438 ha | — |
| 1993 | 454,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 494,100 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 447,600 ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 399,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 447,700 ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 495,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 445,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 528,900 ha | +18.7% |
| 2001 | 576,700 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 308,200 ha | -46.6% |
| 2003 | 324,100 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 388,700 ha | +19.9% |
| 2005 | 396,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 359,500 ha | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 310,100 ha | -13.7% |
| 2008 | 281,800 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 254,300 ha | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 198,600 ha | -21.9% |
| 2011 | 285,700 ha | +43.9% |
| 2012 | 273,300 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 168,400 ha | -38.4% |
| 2014 | 136,700 ha | -18.8% |
| 2015 | 127,700 ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 153,700 ha | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 185,300 ha | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 113,300 ha | -38.9% |
| 2019 | 69,200 ha | -38.9% |
| 2020 | 84,100 ha | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 91,900 ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 121,000 ha | +31.7% |
| 2023 | 147,900 ha | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 90,300 ha | -38.9% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 90,300 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,464 ha, 2.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 90,300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 969 ha, 93.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 453,867 ha | 399,000 ha | 495,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 372,850 ha | 254,300 ha | 576,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 171,190 ha | 69,200 ha | 285,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,040 ha | 84,100 ha | 147,900 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 3 China 624,068 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 624,068 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 21,322 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 1 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 94,286 ha compare
- 7 Poland 78,027 ha compare
- 8 France 74,883 ha compare
- 9 Japan 69,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ukraine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0757 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 416.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.304 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Ukraine?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Ukraine was 90,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 576,700 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,200 ha in 2019.
- How does Ukraine rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Ukraine ranks 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.