Soya beans — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Soya beans — Area harvested was 35,718 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Mali, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Mali is 35,718 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.3% on the previous year and up 958.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Mali peaked at 39,390 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1980.
Mali ranks 46th of 107 countries 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 500 ha | — |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 827 ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 855 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 967 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 1,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 1,069 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,109 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 1,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 1,221 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,278 ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,377 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1,414 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1,440 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,237 ha | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 1,250 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,271 ha | +241.7% |
| 2008 | 3,117 ha | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 2,987 ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 2,719 ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 4,258 ha | +56.6% |
| 2012 | 4,687 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 3,574 ha | -23.7% |
| 2014 | 3,374 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 9,759 ha | +189.2% |
| 2016 | 18,293 ha | +87.4% |
| 2017 | 13,874 ha | -24.2% |
| 2018 | 13,906 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 16,964 ha | +22.0% |
| 2020 | 22,396 ha | +32.0% |
| 2021 | 22,282 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 34,146 ha | +53.2% |
| 2023 | 39,390 ha | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 35,718 ha | -9.3% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 35,718 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 54% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mali's 35,718 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 52% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +241.7% | 1,250 ha | 4,271 ha |
| 2015 | +189.2% | 3,374 ha | 9,759 ha |
| 2016 | +87.4% | 9,759 ha | 18,293 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 560 ha | 500 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,025 ha | 827 ha | 1,221 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,967 ha | 1,237 ha | 4,271 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,141 ha | 2,719 ha | 18,293 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,786 ha | 22,282 ha | 39,390 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Mali?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Mali was 35,718 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 39,390 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1980.
- How does Mali rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 46th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 958.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.