Benin vs Middle Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Benin currently reports 638,098 ha against 163,487 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 474,611 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 3.9 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 4th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Middle Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 2,556 ha | 2,556 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 4,347 ha | 4,347 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 12,157 ha | 12,035 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 27,671 ha | 25,858 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 51,177 ha | 32,142 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 97,332 ha | 28,796 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 155,230 ha | 219,705 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Middle Africa?
- Benin, at 638,098 ha against 163,487 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Middle Africa?
- 474,611 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Middle Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 4th 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.