Asia vs Brazil: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 45.91 million ha against 24.31 million ha in Asia, a difference of 21.60 million ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.9 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 1st of 17 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 4 and Brazil in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.59 million ha | 490,733 ha | 10.10 million ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 9.06 million ha | 4.93 million ha | 4.12 million ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 11.24 million ha | 9.42 million ha | 1.81 million ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 15.34 million ha | 11.25 million ha | 4.09 million ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 18.79 million ha | 19.26 million ha | 468,310 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 20.30 million ha | 30.04 million ha | 9.75 million ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 23.83 million ha | 41.54 million ha | 17.71 million ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Asia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 45.91 million ha against 24.31 million ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Asia and Brazil?
- 21.60 million ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Brazil rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 1st of 17 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.