Japan vs Romania: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Romania
How they compare
Japan currently reports 153,900 ha against 146,030 ha in Romania, a difference of 7,870 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 21st and Romania ranks 23rd of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,411 ha | 22,980 ha | 169,431 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 97,280 ha | 170,763 ha | 73,483 ha | Romania |
| 1980s | 146,440 ha | 342,171 ha | 195,731 ha | Romania |
| 1990s | 99,570 ha | 105,964 ha | 6,394 ha | Romania |
| 2000s | 141,190 ha | 95,037 ha | 46,153 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 139,820 ha | 110,376 ha | 29,444 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 149,620 ha | 146,410 ha | 3,210 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Japan or Romania?
- Japan, at 153,900 ha against 146,030 ha in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Japan and Romania?
- 7,870 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Romania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Romania rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st and Romania ranks 23rd 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.