Soya beans — Area harvested in Cambodia
Cambodia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 35,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Cambodia stood at 35,000 ha.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Cambodia peaked at 115,916 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1979.
Cambodia ranks 47th 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 Cambodia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 7,600 ha | -36.7% |
| 1966 | 8,100 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 9,300 ha | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 4,900 ha | -47.3% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +165.3% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | -61.5% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1987 | 11,000 ha | +57.1% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 16,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 22,000 ha | +35.0% |
| 1995 | 16,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 16,738 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 32,739 ha | +95.6% |
| 1998 | 30,975 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 34,945 ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 33,256 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 28,687 ha | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 28,935 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 52,031 ha | +79.8% |
| 2004 | 84,231 ha | +61.9% |
| 2005 | 115,916 ha | +37.6% |
| 2006 | 64,382 ha | -44.5% |
| 2007 | 76,000 ha | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 74,413 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 96,388 ha | +29.5% |
| 2010 | 103,198 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 70,584 ha | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 70,972 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 78,400 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 72,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 66,600 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 41,600 ha | -37.5% |
| 2017 | 41,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 45,800 ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 25,700 ha | -43.9% |
| 2020 | 33,000 ha | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 32,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 35,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 35,000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,000 ha, 1.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +233.3% | 1,500 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1969 | +165.3% | 4,900 ha | 13,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,878 ha | 4,900 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,650 ha | 1,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,520 ha | 14,000 ha | 34,945 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,424 ha | 28,687 ha | 115,916 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,695 ha | 25,700 ha | 103,198 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,400 ha | 32,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Cambodia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Cambodia was 35,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 115,916 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1979.
- How does Cambodia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 47th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.