Soya beans — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Soya beans — Area harvested was 336,740 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Italy stood at 336,740 ha.
That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Italy peaked at 521,169 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12 ha, in 1978.
That places Italy 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 216 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | -35.2% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 110 ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 97 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 89 ha | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 83 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 64 ha | -22.9% |
| 1972 | 62 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 145 ha | +133.9% |
| 1974 | 266 ha | +83.4% |
| 1975 | 180 ha | -32.3% |
| 1976 | 91 ha | -49.4% |
| 1977 | 35 ha | -61.5% |
| 1978 | 12 ha | -65.7% |
| 1979 | 71 ha | +491.7% |
| 1980 | 125 ha | +76.1% |
| 1981 | 317 ha | +153.6% |
| 1982 | 2,966 ha | +835.6% |
| 1983 | 23,005 ha | +675.6% |
| 1984 | 36,082 ha | +56.8% |
| 1985 | 93,772 ha | +159.9% |
| 1986 | 232,393 ha | +147.8% |
| 1987 | 480,552 ha | +106.8% |
| 1988 | 432,024 ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 477,221 ha | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 521,169 ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 380,691 ha | -27.0% |
| 1992 | 340,011 ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 185,460 ha | -45.5% |
| 1994 | 208,953 ha | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 195,191 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 223,414 ha | +14.5% |
| 1997 | 301,548 ha | +35.0% |
| 1998 | 351,235 ha | +16.5% |
| 1999 | 246,467 ha | -29.8% |
| 2000 | 252,647 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 234,841 ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 152,021 ha | -35.3% |
| 2003 | 152,052 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 150,368 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 152,331 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 177,909 ha | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 130,335 ha | -26.7% |
| 2008 | 107,795 ha | -17.3% |
| 2009 | 134,700 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 159,500 ha | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 165,955 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 152,993 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 184,146 ha | +20.4% |
| 2014 | 232,867 ha | +26.5% |
| 2015 | 308,979 ha | +32.7% |
| 2016 | 288,060 ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 322,417 ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 326,590 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 273,330 ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 256,130 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 285,460 ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 342,530 ha | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 310,720 ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 336,740 ha | +8.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 336,740 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 107.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Italy's 336,740 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 107.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +835.6% | 317 ha | 2,966 ha |
| 1983 | +675.6% | 2,966 ha | 23,005 ha |
| 1979 | +491.7% | 12 ha | 71 ha |
| 1985 | +159.9% | 36,082 ha | 93,772 ha |
| 1981 | +153.6% | 125 ha | 317 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135.78 ha | 89 ha | 216 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100.9 ha | 12 ha | 266 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 177,846 ha | 125 ha | 480,552 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 295,414 ha | 185,460 ha | 521,169 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 164,500 ha | 107,795 ha | 252,647 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 241,484 ha | 152,993 ha | 326,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 306,316 ha | 256,130 ha | 342,530 ha | 5 |
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- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 1,080 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Italy?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Italy was 336,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 521,169 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 ha in 1978.
- How does Italy rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.