Soya beans — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Soya beans — Area harvested was 22,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 22,000 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 71,027 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 336 ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 1,002 ha | +198.2% |
| 1964 | 1,673 ha | +67.0% |
| 1965 | 1,837 ha | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 1,996 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 1,168 ha | -41.5% |
| 1968 | 1,619 ha | +38.6% |
| 1969 | 2,093 ha | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 4,967 ha | +137.3% |
| 1971 | 7,326 ha | +47.5% |
| 1972 | 18,019 ha | +146.0% |
| 1973 | 27,963 ha | +55.2% |
| 1974 | 41,249 ha | +47.5% |
| 1975 | 46,029 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 26,370 ha | -42.7% |
| 1977 | 34,642 ha | +31.4% |
| 1978 | 49,920 ha | +44.1% |
| 1979 | 53,706 ha | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 56,579 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 39,729 ha | -29.8% |
| 1982 | 40,595 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 48,361 ha | +19.1% |
| 1984 | 48,141 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 63,088 ha | +31.0% |
| 1986 | 71,027 ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 54,428 ha | -23.4% |
| 1988 | 43,453 ha | -20.2% |
| 1989 | 70,712 ha | +62.7% |
| 1990 | 49,251 ha | -30.3% |
| 1991 | 39,880 ha | -19.0% |
| 1992 | 29,611 ha | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 30,239 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 40,633 ha | +34.4% |
| 1995 | 17,787 ha | -56.2% |
| 1996 | 23,803 ha | +33.8% |
| 1997 | 39,000 ha | +63.8% |
| 1998 | 31,700 ha | -18.7% |
| 1999 | 48,000 ha | +51.4% |
| 2000 | 56,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 33,262 ha | -40.6% |
| 2002 | 32,360 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 6,241 ha | -80.7% |
| 2004 | 27,018 ha | +332.9% |
| 2005 | 26,585 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 23,889 ha | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 13,131 ha | -45.0% |
| 2008 | 14,900 ha | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 42,326 ha | +184.1% |
| 2010 | 31,300 ha | -26.1% |
| 2011 | 17,361 ha | -44.5% |
| 2012 | 38,100 ha | +119.5% |
| 2013 | 41,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 24,911 ha | -39.4% |
| 2015 | 20,185 ha | -19.0% |
| 2016 | 20,789 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 16,658 ha | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 32,073 ha | +92.5% |
| 2019 | 13,397 ha | -58.2% |
| 2020 | 9,775 ha | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 23,409 ha | +139.5% |
| 2022 | 25,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 20,700 ha | -18.8% |
| 2024 | 22,000 ha | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,336 ha | 300 ha | 2,093 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,019 ha | 4,967 ha | 53,706 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,611 ha | 39,729 ha | 71,027 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,990 ha | 17,787 ha | 49,251 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,571 ha | 6,241 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,587 ha | 13,397 ha | 41,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,277 ha | 9,775 ha | 25,500 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 22,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 71,027 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.