Soya beans — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Soya beans — Area harvested was 8.23 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Europe, 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 Europe is 8.23 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.4% on the previous year and up 82.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Europe peaked at 8.23 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 729,060 ha, in 1961.
That places Europe 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 729,060 ha | — |
| 1962 | 849,053 ha | +16.5% |
| 1963 | 908,312 ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 903,273 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 868,849 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 879,717 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 906,428 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 907,937 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 908,659 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 955,458 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 1.04 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 1.03 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 1.07 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 1.15 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 1.05 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.09 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 1.18 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 1.31 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 1.37 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 1.36 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.34 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 1.36 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1.35 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 1.38 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1.51 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 1.89 million ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 1.93 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 2.16 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 1.86 million ha | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 1.51 million ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 1.54 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million ha | -22.3% |
| 1994 | 1.15 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 997,310 ha | -13.1% |
| 1996 | 1.04 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 916,580 ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 1.21 million ha | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 1.13 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1.04 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 975,767 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 1.22 million ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 1.39 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 1.72 million ha | +24.0% |
| 2006 | 2.29 million ha | +33.5% |
| 2007 | 1.88 million ha | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 1.70 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 1.96 million ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 2.74 million ha | +39.9% |
| 2011 | 2.98 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 3.45 million ha | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 3.22 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 4.50 million ha | +39.5% |
| 2015 | 5.36 million ha | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 5.04 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 5.76 million ha | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 5.66 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 5.57 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 5.29 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 5.52 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 6.25 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 6.61 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 8.23 million ha | +24.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 873,476 ha | 729,060 ha | 908,659 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 million ha | 955,458 ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.56 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 million ha | 916,580 ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 million ha | 975,767 ha | 2.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.43 million ha | 2.74 million ha | 5.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.38 million ha | 5.29 million ha | 8.23 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 156,000 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82,000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 51,000 ha compare
- 7 Paraguay 3.65 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 43,712 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 2.71 million ha compare
- 9 Canada 2.29 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 35,723 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 1.15 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Europe?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Europe was 8.23 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 8.23 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 729,060 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.