France vs Zambia: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- France
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 157,796 ha against 152,680 ha in France, a difference of 5,116 ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
France ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 20th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | — |
| 1970s | 2,706 ha | 825.7 ha | 1,880 ha | France |
| 1980s | 44,570 ha | 11,103 ha | 33,467 ha | France |
| 1990s | 87,132 ha | 21,490 ha | 65,642 ha | France |
| 2000s | 61,339 ha | 28,175 ha | 33,164 ha | France |
| 2010s | 96,719 ha | 130,414 ha | 33,694 ha | Zambia |
| 2020s | 167,158 ha | 331,784 ha | 164,626 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, France or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 157,796 ha against 152,680 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between France and Zambia?
- 5,116 ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Zambia rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- France ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 20th 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.