Central America vs Malawi: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 260,000 ha against 167,593 ha in Central America, a difference of 92,407 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.6 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 17th of 27 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91,229 ha | 73,029 ha | 18,200 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 219,298 ha | 141,170 ha | 78,128 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 173,622 ha | 237,457 ha | 63,836 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Central America or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 260,000 ha against 167,593 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Central America and Malawi?
- 92,407 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Malawi?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Malawi rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 17th of 27 groups.
- 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.