Southern Africa vs Uruguay: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Southern Africa
- Uruguay
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 1.15 million ha against 950,000 ha in Uruguay, a difference of 200,500 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Southern Africa ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Southern Africa averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,133 ha | 1,000 ha | 7,133 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 17,356 ha | 12,682 ha | 4,674 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 30,730 ha | 28,108 ha | 2,622 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 79,150 ha | 10,890 ha | 68,260 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 156,394 ha | 236,904 ha | 80,510 ha | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 550,260 ha | 1.06 million ha | 509,140 ha | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 951,240 ha | 955,300 ha | 4,060 ha | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Southern Africa or Uruguay?
- Southern Africa, at 1.15 million ha against 950,000 ha in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Southern Africa and Uruguay?
- 200,500 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Uruguay rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 12th 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.