Africa vs Italy: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Italy
How they compare
Africa currently reports 4.65 million ha against 336,740 ha in Italy, a difference of 4.32 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 13.8 times Italy's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 11th and Italy ranks 15th of 27 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 206,128 ha | 135.78 ha | 205,993 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 284,573 ha | 100.9 ha | 284,472 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 509,212 ha | 177,846 ha | 331,366 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 876,362 ha | 295,414 ha | 580,948 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.16 million ha | 164,500 ha | 991,163 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 2.30 million ha | 241,484 ha | 2.06 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 4.28 million ha | 306,316 ha | 3.98 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Africa or Italy?
- Africa, at 4.65 million ha against 336,740 ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Africa and Italy?
- 4.32 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Italy?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Italy rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th and Italy ranks 15th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.