Soya beans — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Soya beans — Area harvested was 125,125 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Mexico stood at 125,125 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.3% on the previous year and down 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 490,125 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9,943 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 28th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,943 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,326 ha | +174.8% |
| 1963 | 27,426 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 30,629 ha | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 27,446 ha | -10.4% |
| 1966 | 54,243 ha | +97.6% |
| 1967 | 69,881 ha | +28.8% |
| 1968 | 132,982 ha | +90.3% |
| 1969 | 163,186 ha | +22.7% |
| 1970 | 111,754 ha | -31.5% |
| 1971 | 128,918 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 221,639 ha | +71.9% |
| 1973 | 311,895 ha | +40.7% |
| 1974 | 300,118 ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 344,450 ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 172,379 ha | -50.0% |
| 1977 | 314,276 ha | +82.3% |
| 1978 | 216,514 ha | -31.1% |
| 1979 | 379,467 ha | +75.3% |
| 1980 | 154,037 ha | -59.4% |
| 1981 | 361,778 ha | +134.9% |
| 1982 | 375,297 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 391,133 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 388,696 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 476,084 ha | +22.5% |
| 1986 | 380,553 ha | -20.1% |
| 1987 | 470,695 ha | +23.7% |
| 1988 | 139,186 ha | -70.4% |
| 1989 | 490,125 ha | +252.1% |
| 1990 | 285,615 ha | -41.7% |
| 1991 | 341,679 ha | +19.6% |
| 1992 | 322,793 ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 237,765 ha | -26.3% |
| 1994 | 288,499 ha | +21.3% |
| 1995 | 134,396 ha | -53.4% |
| 1996 | 49,064 ha | -63.5% |
| 1997 | 122,548 ha | +149.8% |
| 1998 | 94,065 ha | -23.2% |
| 1999 | 81,159 ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 69,969 ha | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 73,726 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 56,501 ha | -23.4% |
| 2003 | 67,880 ha | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 88,840 ha | +30.9% |
| 2005 | 96,266 ha | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 54,211 ha | -43.7% |
| 2007 | 62,580 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 75,767 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 64,740 ha | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 153,473 ha | +137.1% |
| 2011 | 155,513 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 142,329 ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 157,419 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 205,629 ha | +30.6% |
| 2015 | 249,979 ha | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 277,802 ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 262,602 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 190,628 ha | -27.4% |
| 2019 | 145,994 ha | -23.4% |
| 2020 | 156,979 ha | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 184,751 ha | +17.7% |
| 2022 | 115,412 ha | -37.5% |
| 2023 | 91,116 ha | -21.1% |
| 2024 | 125,125 ha | +37.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 125,125 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 8.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 125,125 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 12.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +252.1% | 139,186 ha | 490,125 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,340 ha | 9,943 ha | 163,186 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 250,141 ha | 111,754 ha | 379,467 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 362,758 ha | 139,186 ha | 490,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195,758 ha | 49,064 ha | 341,679 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,048 ha | 54,211 ha | 96,266 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 194,137 ha | 142,329 ha | 277,802 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 134,677 ha | 91,116 ha | 184,751 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 25 Indonesia 133,376 ha compare
- 26 Myanmar 132,000 ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 391 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 130,936 ha compare
- 29 Burkina Faso 118,803 ha compare
- 30 Hungary 112,280 ha compare
- 31 Croatia 102,990 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Mexico?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Mexico was 125,125 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 490,125 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,943 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 28th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.