Soya beans — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Soya beans — Area harvested was 2.19 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 2.19 million ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 155.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 2.19 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 282,050 ha, in 1966.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 14th of 27 groups on this measure, 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 327,071 ha | — |
| 1962 | 334,994 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 349,995 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 355,945 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 363,964 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 282,050 ha | -22.5% |
| 1967 | 287,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 295,750 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 301,387 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 308,466 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 318,701 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 324,750 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 329,296 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 336,966 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 349,576 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 355,868 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 372,172 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 370,130 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 385,161 ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 393,135 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 387,593 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 409,168 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 411,742 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 420,378 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 429,788 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 441,105 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 460,303 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 485,597 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 498,384 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 562,280 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 561,592 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 529,640 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 528,859 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 529,527 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 536,054 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 535,640 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 535,358 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 555,245 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 548,619 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 593,801 ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 608,242 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 633,482 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 683,595 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 707,160 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 700,639 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 729,345 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 804,856 ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 678,051 ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 740,039 ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 736,344 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 747,507 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 781,587 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 820,652 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 856,997 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 954,230 ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 952,452 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 972,155 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million ha | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 1.44 million ha | +18.8% |
| 2020 | 1.52 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 1.59 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 1.79 million ha | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 2.03 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2024 | 2.19 million ha | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 322,106 ha | 282,050 ha | 363,964 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 345,109 ha | 308,466 ha | 385,161 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 433,719 ha | 387,593 ha | 498,384 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 542,281 ha | 528,859 ha | 562,280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 687,921 ha | 593,801 ha | 804,856 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 948,055 ha | 736,344 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha compare
- 12 Uruguay 950,000 ha compare
- 13 USSR 808,000 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,867 ha compare
- 14 Benin 638,098 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha compare
- 15 Italy 336,740 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 1,080 ha compare
- 16 Togo 281,684 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 260,000 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 6 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 2.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.19 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 282,050 ha in 1966.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 155.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.