Japan vs Southern Europe: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 683,175 ha against 153,900 ha in Japan, a difference of 529,275 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 4.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 21st and Southern Europe ranks 18th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Southern Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,411 ha | 6,969 ha | 185,442 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 97,280 ha | 24,615 ha | 72,665 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 146,440 ha | 276,240 ha | 129,800 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 99,570 ha | 399,350 ha | 299,780 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 141,190 ha | 346,530 ha | 205,340 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 139,820 ha | 499,667 ha | 359,847 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 149,620 ha | 641,943 ha | 492,323 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Japan or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 683,175 ha against 153,900 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Japan and Southern Europe?
- 529,275 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Southern Europe rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st and Southern Europe ranks 18th 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.