Nigeria vs South-Eastern Asia: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.13 million ha against 343,219 ha in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 786,781 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 3.3 times South-Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South-Eastern Asia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 11th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 19th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and South-Eastern Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,000 ha | 694,926 ha | 516,926 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 211,500 ha | 880,721 ha | 669,221 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 325,100 ha | 1.31 million ha | 986,578 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 557,050 ha | 1.85 million ha | 1.29 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 578,800 ha | 1.15 million ha | 569,406 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 798,501 ha | 929,211 ha | 130,710 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 1.17 million ha | 384,054 ha | 784,684 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Nigeria or South-Eastern Asia?
- Nigeria, at 1.13 million ha against 343,219 ha in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia?
- 786,781 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 19th 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.