Soya beans — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Soya beans — Area harvested was 338 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Albania stood at 338 ha.
That represents a change of up 86.7% on the previous year and up 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Albania peaked at 14,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Albania 82nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 11,000 ha | +120.0% |
| 1989 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1990 | 10,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1991 | 4,143 ha | -58.6% |
| 1992 | 3,233 ha | -22.0% |
| 1993 | 839 ha | -74.0% |
| 1994 | 164 ha | -80.5% |
| 1995 | 134 ha | -18.3% |
| 1996 | 177 ha | +32.1% |
| 1997 | 177 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 104 ha | -41.2% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | +573.1% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | -42.9% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 413 ha | +106.5% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 324 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 207 ha | -31.0% |
| 2015 | 200 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 264 ha | +32.0% |
| 2017 | 227 ha | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 253 ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 219 ha | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 171 ha | -21.9% |
| 2021 | 155 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 239 ha | +54.2% |
| 2023 | 181 ha | -24.3% |
| 2024 | 338 ha | +86.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 338 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 2% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Albania's 338 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 11% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +573.1% | 104 ha | 700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,900 ha | 5,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,967 ha | 104 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 311.3 ha | 200 ha | 413 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 259.4 ha | 200 ha | 324 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 216.8 ha | 155 ha | 338 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 80 Bulgaria 580 ha compare
- 81 Philippines 372 ha compare
- 83 Panama 283 ha compare
- 84 Bhutan 92 ha compare
- 85 Madagascar 79 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Albania?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Albania was 338 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Albania rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 82nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.