Soya beans — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 133,376 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Area harvested in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 133,376 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 39.2% on the previous year and down 78.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 1.67 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 133,376 ha, in 2024.
Indonesia ranks 25th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 625,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 594,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 539,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 1964 | 571,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 584,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 605,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 589,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 677,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 553,000 ha | -18.3% |
| 1970 | 695,000 ha | +25.7% |
| 1971 | 680,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 698,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 744,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 753,499 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 752,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 646,336 ha | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 646,121 ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 733,000 ha | +13.4% |
| 1979 | 784,489 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 732,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 810,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 607,788 ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 639,876 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 859,000 ha | +34.2% |
| 1985 | 896,220 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 1.25 million ha | +39.9% |
| 1987 | 1.10 million ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 1.18 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 1.20 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.33 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 1.37 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1.67 million ha | +21.7% |
| 1993 | 1.47 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 1.41 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 1.48 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1.27 million ha | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million ha | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 1.10 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.15 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 825,000 ha | -28.3% |
| 2001 | 678,848 ha | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 544,522 ha | -19.8% |
| 2003 | 526,796 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 565,155 ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 621,541 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 580,534 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 459,116 ha | -20.9% |
| 2008 | 591,899 ha | +28.9% |
| 2009 | 722,791 ha | +22.1% |
| 2010 | 660,823 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 622,254 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 567,624 ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 550,793 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 615,685 ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 613,885 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 576,987 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 355,799 ha | -38.3% |
| 2018 | 723,804 ha | +103.4% |
| 2019 | 282,508 ha | -61.0% |
| 2020 | 190,211 ha | -32.7% |
| 2021 | 157,147 ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 149,474 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 219,193 ha | +46.6% |
| 2024 | 133,376 ha | -39.2% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 133,376 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 8.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 133,376 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,000 ha, 6.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Indonesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +103.4% | 355,799 ha | 723,804 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 593,000 ha | 539,000 ha | 677,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 713,244 ha | 646,121 ha | 784,489 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 927,471 ha | 607,788 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.34 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 611,620 ha | 459,116 ha | 825,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 557,016 ha | 282,508 ha | 723,804 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,880 ha | 133,376 ha | 219,193 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Indonesia was 133,376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 million ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 133,376 ha in 2024.
- How does Indonesia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 25th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.