Benin vs Uruguay: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 950,000 ha against 638,098 ha in Benin, a difference of 311,902 ha.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.5 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 12,682 ha | 12,682 ha | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 28,108 ha | 27,986 ha | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 10,890 ha | 9,076 ha | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 236,904 ha | 217,869 ha | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 1.06 million ha | 933,272 ha | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 955,300 ha | 580,365 ha | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 950,000 ha against 638,098 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Uruguay?
- 311,902 ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Uruguay rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 120 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.