Buckwheat — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Buckwheat — Production was 546,416 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Buckwheat — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 546,416 t for buckwheat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 3.13 million t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 459,134 t, in 2015.
That places Eastern Asia 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.55 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.74 million t | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 1.45 million t | -17.0% |
| 1964 | 1.43 million t | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.74 million t | +21.4% |
| 1966 | 1.63 million t | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 1.63 million t | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 1.53 million t | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 1.73 million t | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 1.92 million t | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 2.02 million t | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 2.03 million t | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 2.23 million t | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 2.43 million t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 2.73 million t | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 2.59 million t | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 2.04 million t | -21.2% |
| 1978 | 2.59 million t | +27.0% |
| 1979 | 2.83 million t | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 2.17 million t | -23.2% |
| 1981 | 2.63 million t | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 2.44 million t | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 2.47 million t | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 2.68 million t | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 2.12 million t | -20.8% |
| 1986 | 1.83 million t | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 2.13 million t | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 1.93 million t | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 1.73 million t | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 1.93 million t | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 2.53 million t | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 3.13 million t | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 2.52 million t | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 2.34 million t | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 2.23 million t | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 2.21 million t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 2.39 million t | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 2.02 million t | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 1.73 million t | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 1.98 million t | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million t | -35.4% |
| 2002 | 997,125 t | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 1.37 million t | +37.3% |
| 2004 | 922,412 t | -32.6% |
| 2005 | 783,443 t | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 476,479 t | -39.2% |
| 2007 | 678,747 t | +42.5% |
| 2008 | 665,745 t | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 587,510 t | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 531,654 t | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 814,370 t | +53.2% |
| 2012 | 722,112 t | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 668,323 t | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 597,934 t | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 459,134 t | -23.2% |
| 2016 | 570,575 t | +24.3% |
| 2017 | 544,927 t | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 522,066 t | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 558,267 t | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 550,337 t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 545,236 t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 548,422 t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 541,552 t | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 546,416 t | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.60 million t | 1.43 million t | 1.74 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.34 million t | 1.92 million t | 2.83 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.21 million t | 1.73 million t | 2.68 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.30 million t | 1.73 million t | 3.13 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 974,201 t | 476,479 t | 1.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 598,936 t | 459,134 t | 814,370 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 546,393 t | 541,552 t | 550,337 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 USSR 1.22 million t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 979,962 t compare
- 3 China 504,358 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 504,358 t compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 22,208 t compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 0.2 t compare
- 5 France 263,485 t compare
- 6 Ukraine 113,650 t compare
- 7 Poland 113,113 t compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buckwheat — production in Eastern Asia?
- Buckwheat — production in Eastern Asia was 546,416 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.13 million t in 1992.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 459,134 t in 2015.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for buckwheat — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Buckwheat — Production. 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.