Japan vs Western Asia: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 153,900 ha against 46,557 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 107,343 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.3 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 21st and Western Asia ranks 23rd of 107 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,411 ha | 6,129 ha | 186,282 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 97,280 ha | 5,966 ha | 91,314 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 146,440 ha | 52,483 ha | 93,957 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 99,570 ha | 42,513 ha | 57,057 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 141,190 ha | 17,802 ha | 123,388 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 139,820 ha | 35,338 ha | 104,482 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 149,620 ha | 41,694 ha | 107,926 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Japan or Western Asia?
- Japan, at 153,900 ha against 46,557 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Japan and Western Asia?
- 107,343 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Asia rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st and Western Asia 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.