Soya beans — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Soya beans — Area harvested was 92 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Bhutan is 92 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 4,334 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 84th of 107 countries on this measure, 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 Bhutan, 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 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +75.0% |
| 1984 | 4,334 ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | -19.2% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 1,960 ha | -21.6% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 2,272 ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 235 ha | -89.7% |
| 1992 | 230 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 226 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 225 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 250 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 320 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 405 ha | +26.6% |
| 1999 | 730 ha | +80.2% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +23.3% |
| 2001 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 450 ha | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 190 ha | -57.8% |
| 2004 | 680 ha | +257.9% |
| 2005 | 463 ha | -31.9% |
| 2006 | 1,293 ha | +179.3% |
| 2007 | 1,857 ha | +43.6% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | -35.4% |
| 2009 | 674 ha | -43.8% |
| 2010 | 548 ha | -18.7% |
| 2011 | 527 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 209 ha | -60.3% |
| 2013 | 484 ha | +131.6% |
| 2014 | 287 ha | -40.7% |
| 2015 | 213 ha | -25.8% |
| 2016 | 220 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 351 ha | +59.5% |
| 2018 | 153 ha | -56.4% |
| 2019 | 251 ha | +64.1% |
| 2020 | 219 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 108 ha | -50.7% |
| 2022 | 64 ha | -40.7% |
| 2023 | 91 ha | +42.2% |
| 2024 | 92 ha | +1.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 92 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 0% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 92 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 22,549 ha, 0% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
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 | 2,529 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,334 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 517.3 ha | 225 ha | 2,272 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 845.7 ha | 190 ha | 1,857 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 324.3 ha | 153 ha | 548 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114.8 ha | 64 ha | 219 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 81 Philippines 372 ha compare
- 82 Albania 338 ha compare
- 83 Panama 283 ha compare
- 85 Madagascar 79 ha compare
- 86 Tajikistan 63 ha compare
- 87 Azerbaijan 53 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Bhutan was 92 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,334 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 84th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.