Sri Lanka vs Switzerland: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 3,278 ha against 3,215 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 63 ha.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 68th and Switzerland ranks 67th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.67 ha | 0 ha | 46.67 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 784.7 ha | 0 ha | 784.7 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 6,037 ha | 172.7 ha | 5,864 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1,440 ha | 1,900 ha | 459.9 ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1,837 ha | 1,374 ha | 463.5 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 4,437 ha | 1,490 ha | 2,947 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2,917 ha | 2,705 ha | 212.2 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Sri Lanka or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 3,278 ha against 3,215 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Sri Lanka and Switzerland?
- 63 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Switzerland rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 68th and Switzerland ranks 67th 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.