Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) vs South Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- South Africa
How they compare
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 2.39 million ha against 1.15 million ha in South Africa, a difference of 1.24 million ha.
That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 2.1 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 10th of 27 groups.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,420 ha | 8,133 ha | 47,287 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1970s | 81,645 ha | 17,356 ha | 64,289 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1980s | 176,497 ha | 30,730 ha | 145,767 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1990s | 303,732 ha | 79,150 ha | 224,582 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2000s | 619,442 ha | 156,394 ha | 463,048 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2010s | 1.11 million ha | 550,260 ha | 558,266 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2020s | 2.20 million ha | 951,240 ha | 1.25 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) or South Africa?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 2.39 million ha against 1.15 million ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and South Africa?
- 1.24 million ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and South Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 10th of 27 groups.
- 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.