Benin vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Soya beans — Area harvested

Benin
638,098 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic
3,042 ha
in 2024
Benin rank
14th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
14th

Soya beans — Area harvested over time

  • Benin
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 638,098 ha against 3,042 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 635,056 ha.

That makes Benin's figure about 209.8 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Benin ranks 14th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 14th of 107 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 0 ha 3,343 ha 3,343 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1970s 0 ha 3,769 ha 3,769 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1980s 121.7 ha 4,939 ha 4,818 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 1,814 ha 5,426 ha 3,612 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 19,035 ha 7,553 ha 11,482 ha Benin
2010s 126,128 ha 7,510 ha 118,617 ha Benin
2020s 374,935 ha 2,690 ha 372,245 ha Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Benin, at 638,098 ha against 3,042 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
635,056 ha, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Benin and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
Benin ranks 14th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 14th 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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Indicator
Soya beans — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
151 places, 7,582 data points, 1961–2024
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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.