Soya beans — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Soya beans — Area harvested was 112,280 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Hungary, 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 Hungary is 112,280 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 93.1% on the previous year and up 161.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 112,280 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1970.
That places Hungary 30th out of 107 countries 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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,967 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,013 ha | +154.9% |
| 1963 | 2,785 ha | -44.4% |
| 1964 | 1,757 ha | -36.9% |
| 1965 | 1,729 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 715 ha | -58.6% |
| 1967 | 354 ha | -50.5% |
| 1968 | 368 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +14.1% |
| 1970 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1974 | 17,000 ha | +70.0% |
| 1975 | 24,000 ha | +41.2% |
| 1976 | 38,534 ha | +60.6% |
| 1977 | 28,750 ha | -25.4% |
| 1978 | 18,706 ha | -34.9% |
| 1979 | 20,084 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 20,205 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 24,059 ha | +19.1% |
| 1982 | 23,667 ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 30,207 ha | +27.6% |
| 1984 | 30,328 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 24,105 ha | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 23,383 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 36,020 ha | +54.0% |
| 1988 | 66,227 ha | +83.9% |
| 1989 | 53,672 ha | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 42,312 ha | -21.2% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | -40.9% |
| 1992 | 27,908 ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 15,212 ha | -45.5% |
| 1994 | 9,042 ha | -40.6% |
| 1995 | 10,416 ha | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 12,688 ha | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 13,846 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 23,702 ha | +71.2% |
| 1999 | 32,421 ha | +36.8% |
| 2000 | 22,317 ha | -31.2% |
| 2001 | 20,584 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 25,045 ha | +21.7% |
| 2003 | 30,347 ha | +21.2% |
| 2004 | 27,305 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 33,636 ha | +23.2% |
| 2006 | 35,911 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 32,900 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 28,259 ha | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 31,508 ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 37,688 ha | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 41,009 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 40,910 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 42,350 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 42,980 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 72,016 ha | +67.6% |
| 2016 | 61,029 ha | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 75,667 ha | +24.0% |
| 2018 | 62,120 ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 58,230 ha | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 58,670 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 62,120 ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 66,280 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 58,140 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 112,280 ha | +93.1% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 112,280 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 36.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 112,280 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 36.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,679 ha | 354 ha | 5,013 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,707 ha | 0 ha | 38,534 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,187 ha | 20,205 ha | 66,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,255 ha | 9,042 ha | 42,312 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,781 ha | 20,584 ha | 35,911 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,400 ha | 37,688 ha | 75,667 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,498 ha | 58,140 ha | 112,280 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 391 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 130,936 ha compare
- 28 Mexico 125,125 ha compare
- 29 Burkina Faso 118,803 ha compare
- 31 Croatia 102,990 ha compare
- 32 Kazakhstan 98,980 ha compare
- 33 Colombia 93,267 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Hungary?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Hungary was 112,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 112,280 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1970.
- How does Hungary rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 30th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.