Soya beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Soya beans — Area harvested was 2.33 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 2.33 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 154.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2.61 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46,790 ha, in 1966.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,227 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,804 ha | +19.9% |
| 1963 | 63,499 ha | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 54,862 ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 48,255 ha | -12.0% |
| 1966 | 46,790 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 50,620 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 52,397 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 58,634 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 54,277 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 57,358 ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 63,358 ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 61,681 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 61,482 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 64,775 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 67,691 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 78,990 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 74,957 ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 72,837 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 78,646 ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 88,214 ha | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 86,195 ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 80,753 ha | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 92,440 ha | +14.5% |
| 1985 | 103,494 ha | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 110,941 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 124,954 ha | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 144,564 ha | +15.7% |
| 1989 | 149,676 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 203,425 ha | +35.9% |
| 1991 | 216,412 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 238,730 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 224,567 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 245,102 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 257,535 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 262,250 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 278,659 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 311,370 ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 333,505 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 379,385 ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 385,120 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 418,575 ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 542,307 ha | +29.6% |
| 2004 | 596,820 ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 713,071 ha | +19.5% |
| 2006 | 685,827 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 717,882 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 641,502 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 758,723 ha | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 768,468 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 735,497 ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 810,750 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 880,529 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 915,086 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 997,304 ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 1.11 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 1.27 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 1.49 million ha | +18.0% |
| 2019 | 1.66 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 1.73 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1.87 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 2.16 million ha | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 2.61 million ha | +21.2% |
| 2024 | 2.33 million ha | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,454 ha | 46,790 ha | 63,499 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,741 ha | 54,277 ha | 78,990 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,988 ha | 78,646 ha | 149,676 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 257,156 ha | 203,425 ha | 333,505 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 583,921 ha | 379,385 ha | 758,723 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million ha | 735,497 ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 2.61 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Brazil 45.91 million ha compare
- 2 Argentina 16.37 million ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.69 million ha compare
- 3 India 12.94 million ha compare
- 4 China 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 156,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 2.33 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.61 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,790 ha in 1966.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.