South Africa vs Türkiye: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Türkiye
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1.15 million ha against 43,712 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 1.11 million ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 26.3 times Türkiye's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 10th and Türkiye ranks 8th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 6 and Türkiye in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,133 ha | 6,129 ha | 2,004 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 17,356 ha | 5,650 ha | 11,706 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 30,730 ha | 49,967 ha | 19,237 ha | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 79,150 ha | 34,275 ha | 44,875 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 156,394 ha | 14,577 ha | 141,817 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 550,260 ha | 33,365 ha | 516,895 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 951,240 ha | 38,685 ha | 912,555 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, South Africa or Türkiye?
- South Africa, at 1.15 million ha against 43,712 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between South Africa and Türkiye?
- 1.11 million ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Türkiye rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 10th and Türkiye ranks 8th 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.
Individual pages
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.