Buckwheat — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 74,883 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 74,883 ha for buckwheat — area harvested in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.1% on the previous year and up 127.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 74,883 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1986.
That places Western Europe 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,424 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,814 ha | -10.1% |
| 1963 | 44,992 ha | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 35,568 ha | -20.9% |
| 1965 | 33,355 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 28,190 ha | -15.5% |
| 1967 | 22,174 ha | -21.3% |
| 1968 | 17,948 ha | -19.1% |
| 1969 | 17,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 15,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 14,600 ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 11,900 ha | -18.5% |
| 1973 | 11,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 10,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 10,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 7,800 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 6,435 ha | -17.5% |
| 1978 | 7,200 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 5,700 ha | -20.8% |
| 1980 | 5,292 ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 5,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 5,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 4,900 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 4,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 10,700 ha | +154.8% |
| 1989 | 11,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 9,212 ha | -20.6% |
| 1991 | 10,900 ha | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 9,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 10,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 8,900 ha | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 7,355 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 7,585 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 8,564 ha | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 10,085 ha | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 10,389 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 15,057 ha | +44.9% |
| 2001 | 22,371 ha | +48.6% |
| 2002 | 27,439 ha | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 36,860 ha | +34.3% |
| 2004 | 41,071 ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 36,593 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 32,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 32,945 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 34,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 36,900 ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 36,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 30,900 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 30,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44,500 ha | +44.0% |
| 2014 | 30,100 ha | -32.4% |
| 2015 | 31,320 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 58,450 ha | +86.6% |
| 2017 | 74,883 ha | +28.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — Area harvested in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +154.8% | 4,200 ha | 10,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,741 ha | 17,200 ha | 45,424 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,174 ha | 5,700 ha | 15,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,139 ha | 4,000 ha | 11,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,269 ha | 7,355 ha | 10,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,544 ha | 15,057 ha | 41,071 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,244 ha | 30,100 ha | 74,883 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Western Europe was 74,883 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 74,883 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1986.
- How does Western Europe rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2017.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.