Uruguay vs Western Europe: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Uruguay
- Western Europe
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 950,000 ha against 286,288 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 663,712 ha.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.3 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.
Uruguay ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 20th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Uruguay averaged higher in 5 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uruguay | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 0 ha | 1,000 ha | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 12,682 ha | 2,706 ha | 9,976 ha | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 28,108 ha | 46,015 ha | 17,907 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 10,890 ha | 115,688 ha | 104,798 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 236,904 ha | 82,266 ha | 154,638 ha | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.06 million ha | 160,558 ha | 898,842 ha | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 955,300 ha | 294,325 ha | 660,975 ha | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Uruguay or Western Europe?
- Uruguay, at 950,000 ha against 286,288 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Uruguay and Western Europe?
- 663,712 ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Uruguay and Western Europe rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 20th 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.