Benin vs Central America: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Central America
How they compare
Benin currently reports 638,098 ha against 167,593 ha in Central America, a difference of 470,505 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 3.8 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Central America ranks 21st of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Central America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 60,350 ha | 60,350 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 250,739 ha | 250,739 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 374,280 ha | 374,158 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 222,538 ha | 220,725 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 88,878 ha | 69,843 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 219,298 ha | 93,170 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 173,622 ha | 201,314 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Central America?
- Benin, at 638,098 ha against 167,593 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Central America?
- 470,505 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Central America rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Central America ranks 21st of 107 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.