Benin vs Eastern Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 945,629 ha against 638,098 ha in Benin, a difference of 307,531 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.5 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 17th of 107 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 14,273 ha | 14,273 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 36,141 ha | 36,141 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 82,983 ha | 82,861 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 171,980 ha | 170,166 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 312,153 ha | 293,119 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 521,487 ha | 395,359 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 1.08 million ha | 709,898 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 945,629 ha against 638,098 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Eastern Africa?
- 307,531 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Eastern Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 17th 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.