Australia vs Ecuador: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Australia currently reports 22,000 ha against 18,746 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 3,254 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 59th and Ecuador ranks 61st of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Ecuador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,336 ha | 130.11 ha | 1,206 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 30,950 ha | 7,880 ha | 23,070 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 53,568 ha | 41,579 ha | 11,989 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 34,990 ha | 59,254 ha | 24,263 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 27,571 ha | 46,006 ha | 18,435 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 25,587 ha | 32,446 ha | 6,859 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 20,277 ha | 17,603 ha | 2,674 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Australia or Ecuador?
- Australia, at 22,000 ha against 18,746 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Australia and Ecuador?
- 3,254 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Ecuador rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 59th and Ecuador ranks 61st of 120 countries.
- 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.