Soya beans — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 24.31 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Asia stood at 24.31 million ha.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Asia peaked at 24.85 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.37 million ha, in 1976.
Asia ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.59 million ha | 9.77 million ha | 11.62 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.06 million ha | 8.37 million ha | 9.55 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.24 million ha | 9.45 million ha | 13.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.34 million ha | 12.81 million ha | 17.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.79 million ha | 16.53 million ha | 20.91 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.30 million ha | 19.53 million ha | 22.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.83 million ha | 21.64 million ha | 24.85 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Asia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Asia was 24.31 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.85 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.37 million ha in 1976.
- How does Asia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.