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Which Country Produces the Most Buckwheat?

Buckwheat Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 19 countries in 2022, Russia ranked the highest in buckwheat production with 1,222,382 tonnes followed by China and Ukraine. On the other end of the scale was Uzbekistan with 12.0 tonnes, Kyrgyzstan with 17.0 tonnes and Moldova with 103 tonnes.

Total buckwheat production reached 2,235,193 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 16.3 % more than in the previous year and -1.24 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, total buckwheat production reached an all time high of 4,975,234 tonnes in 1992 and an all time low of 1,454,590 tonnes in 2010. The average annual growth amounted to -0.170 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Russia, accounted for 54.7 % of buckwheat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 84.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 99.3 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Buckwheat Production indicator page.

Buckwheat Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Belarus tonnes 13,087 18,010 18,529 16,959 28,300
Bhutan tonnes 3,705 3,480 1,991 2,350 2,701
Bosnia and Herzegovina tonnes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,130 1,187 1,350 681 1,301
Brazil tonnes 62,055 62,680 63,124 63,623 64,429
Canada tonnes ... ... ... ... ... 1,968 5,400 15,000 18,000 8,900
China tonnes 539,883 508,844 490,159 512,962 503,988
Japan tonnes 28,800 34,400 29,000 42,600 44,800
Kazakhstan tonnes 89,619 120,379 82,704 44,998 40,094
Nepal tonnes 11,641 12,039 11,472 11,464 11,724
Russia tonnes 1,187,267 1,524,879 931,713 785,702 892,160
South Africa tonnes 234 232 229 228 225
South Korea tonnes 1,892 1,683 2,908 2,705 1,549
Tanzania tonnes 21,000 22,000 22,000 22,447 25,461
USA tonnes 83,391 82,815 84,648 86,214 84,559
Ukraine tonnes 176,430 180,440 137,010 85,020 97,640

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