Myanmar vs Northern Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Myanmar
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 132,000 ha against 26,000 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 106,000 ha.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 5.1 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 26th and Northern Africa ranks 24th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 6 and Northern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,529 ha | 0 ha | 13,529 ha | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 20,836 ha | 10,698 ha | 10,137 ha | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 28,050 ha | 49,769 ha | 21,720 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 63,256 ha | 26,150 ha | 37,106 ha | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 143,703 ha | 9,387 ha | 134,316 ha | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 149,768 ha | 13,248 ha | 136,520 ha | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 131,099 ha | 32,754 ha | 98,344 ha | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Myanmar or Northern Africa?
- Myanmar, at 132,000 ha against 26,000 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Myanmar and Northern Africa?
- 106,000 ha, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and Northern Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 26th and Northern Africa ranks 24th 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.