Soya beans — Area harvested by country

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...

Countries reporting
115
Highest
45.91 million ha
Brazil
Lowest
0 ha
French Guiana
Median
25,000 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,582

What the numbers show

Soya beans — Area harvested is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 45.91 million ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0 ha in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 25,000 ha, and the mean is 1.04 million ha.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 2,250.0%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 100.0%).

Soya beans — Area harvested: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 45.91 million ha 2024 up 51.6% volatile
2 Argentina 16.37 million ha 2024 down 15.0% volatile
3 India 12.94 million ha 2024 up 18.6% volatile
3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.69 million ha 2024 up 31.4% volatile
4 China 10.32 million ha 2024 up 51.8% rising
5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha 2024 up 51.8% rising
5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 156,000 ha 2024 down 48.0% falling
6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha 2024 up 115.6% volatile
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82,000 ha 2024 up 19.3% volatile
7 Paraguay 3.65 million ha 2024 up 4.3% volatile
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 51,000 ha 2024 up 15.9% volatile
8 Ukraine 2.71 million ha 2024 up 51.4% volatile
8 Türkiye 43,712 ha 2024 up 27.4% volatile
9 Canada 2.29 million ha 2024 up 1.5% volatile
9 United Republic of Tanzania 35,723 ha 2024 up 504.8% volatile
10 South Africa 1.15 million ha 2024 up 128.8% volatile
10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha 2024 down 74.1% volatile
11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha 2024 up 78.5% volatile
11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha 2024 down 51.0% volatile
12 Uruguay 950,000 ha 2024 down 28.1% volatile
13 USSR 808,000 ha 1991 down 6.5% falling
13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,867 ha 2024 up 29.3% volatile
14 Benin 638,098 ha 2024 up 552.6% volatile
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha 2024 down 72.3% rising
15 Italy 336,740 ha 2024 up 44.6% volatile
15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 ha 2024 up 1,225.8% volatile
16 Togo 281,684 ha 2024 up 767.2% volatile
16 Timor-Leste 1,080 ha 2024 up 39.7% falling
17 Malawi 260,000 ha 2024 up 113.3% volatile
17 Polynesia 6 ha 2024 down 50.0% falling
18 Serbia 219,083 ha 2024 up 42.0% rising
19 Uganda 210,000 ha 2024 up 351.1% volatile
20 Zambia 157,796 ha 2024 up 38.7% volatile
21 Japan 153,900 ha 2024 up 16.9% falling
22 France 152,680 ha 2024 up 101.5% volatile
23 Romania 146,030 ha 2024 up 84.2% volatile
24 Ghana 145,000 ha 2024 up 66.9% rising
25 Indonesia 133,376 ha 2024 down 78.3% falling
26 Myanmar 132,000 ha 2024 down 12.6% volatile
27 Serbia and Montenegro 130,936 ha 2005 up 151.1% rising
27 Côte d'Ivoire 391 ha 2024 up 29.5% volatile
28 Mexico 125,125 ha 2024 down 39.2% volatile
29 Burkina Faso 118,803 ha 2024 up 800.6% volatile
30 Hungary 112,280 ha 2024 up 161.2% volatile
31 Croatia 102,990 ha 2024 up 118.6% rising
32 Kazakhstan 98,980 ha 2024 down 14.9% volatile
33 Colombia 93,267 ha 2024 up 159.7% falling
34 Ethiopia 90,000 ha 2024 up 109.9% volatile
35 Austria 89,740 ha 2024 up 104.7% volatile
36 Republic of Korea 74,018 ha 2024 down 0.8% volatile
37 Yugoslav SFR 72,886 ha 1991 up 53.2% volatile
38 Rwanda 72,087 ha 2024 up 91.1% volatile
39 Slovakia 67,840 ha 2024 up 104.2% volatile
40 Cameroon 66,561 ha 2024 up 584.9% volatile
41 Mozambique 60,000 ha 2024 up 46.3% rising
42 Bangladesh 57,212 ha 2024 down 6.0% rising
43 Angola 41,261 ha 2024 up 75.1% volatile
44 Germany 40,500 ha 2024 up 350.0% volatile
45 Zimbabwe 37,658 ha 2024 down 37.9% volatile
46 Mali 35,718 ha 2024 up 958.6% volatile
47 Cambodia 35,000 ha 2024 down 51.5% volatile
48 Poland 31,310 ha 2024 — volatile
49 Czechia 28,330 ha 2024 up 291.2% volatile
50 Egypt 25,000 ha 2024 up 108.7% volatile
51 Nepal 22,549 ha 2024 down 5.1% rising
52 Australia 22,000 ha 2024 down 11.7% volatile
52 Australia and New Zealand 22,000 ha 2024 down 11.7% volatile
54 Ecuador 18,746 ha 2024 down 29.3% volatile
55 Kenya 17,299 ha 2024 up 677.5% volatile
56 Guatemala 17,000 ha 2024 up 13.3% volatile
57 Belize 16,310 ha 2024 up 435.6% volatile
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,182 ha 2024 up 262.7% volatile
59 Czechoslovakia 11,588 ha 1992 — volatile
60 Thailand 9,997 ha 2024 down 71.5% volatile
61 Liberia 7,959 ha 2024 up 0.8% rising
62 Ethiopia PDR 6,800 ha 1992 up 74.8% falling
63 Burundi 4,986 ha 2024 up 12.3% volatile
64 Gabon 4,665 ha 2024 down 3.1% volatile
65 Slovenia 4,170 ha 2024 up 932.2% volatile
66 Nicaragua 4,000 ha 2023 up 18.6% volatile
67 Switzerland 3,278 ha 2024 up 119.1% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 3,215 ha 2024 down 48.4% volatile
69 Spain 3,120 ha 2024 up 287.6% volatile
70 China, Taiwan Province of 3,000 ha 2024 up 349.1% volatile
71 Uzbekistan 2,914 ha 2024 up 2,250.0% volatile
72 El Salvador 2,779 ha 2024 up 4.9% volatile
73 Greece 1,520 ha 2024 down 45.9% volatile
74 Honduras 1,096 ha 2024 down 0.4% volatile
75 Lithuania 1,060 ha 2024 down 44.8% falling
76 Kyrgyzstan 1,055 ha 2024 up 106.1% volatile
77 Peru 1,011 ha 2024 down 13.5% volatile
78 Georgia 1,000 ha 2024 up 53.4% falling
78 Morocco 1,000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
80 Bulgaria 580 ha 2024 up 90.2% volatile
81 Philippines 372 ha 2024 down 37.6% volatile
82 Albania 338 ha 2024 up 63.3% volatile
83 Panama 283 ha 2024 down 2.1% volatile
84 Bhutan 92 ha 2024 down 67.9% volatile
85 Madagascar 79 ha 2024 down 1.2% volatile
86 Tajikistan 63 ha 2024 up 1.6% volatile
87 Azerbaijan 53 ha 2024 up 8.2% volatile
88 Iraq 41 ha 2024 up 32.3% volatile
89 North Macedonia 32 ha 2024 down 73.6% volatile
90 Luxembourg 20 ha 2024 — rising
91 French Polynesia 6 ha 2024 down 50.0% falling
92 Pakistan 5 ha 2024 down 94.0% volatile
93 Suriname 2 ha 2024 down 77.8% volatile
94 Chile 0 ha 1992 down 100.0% volatile
94 Costa Rica 0 ha 1993 down 100.0% volatile
94 Guyana 0 ha 1992 — volatile
94 Jordan 0 ha 1995 — volatile
94 Malaysia 0 ha 1991 down 100.0% volatile
94 New Zealand 0 ha 1992 down 100.0% volatile
94 Senegal 0 ha 1992 — volatile
94 French Guiana 0 ha 1992 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Soya beans — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
151 places, 7,582 data points, 1961–2024
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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.