Benin vs Southern Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 1.15 million ha against 638,098 ha in Benin, a difference of 512,402 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.8 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 15th of 107 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 8,133 ha | 8,133 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 17,356 ha | 17,356 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 30,730 ha | 30,608 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 79,150 ha | 77,336 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 156,394 ha | 137,359 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 550,260 ha | 424,132 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 951,240 ha | 576,305 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 1.15 million ha against 638,098 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Southern Africa?
- 512,402 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Southern Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 15th 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.