Soya beans — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested was 163,487 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 163,487 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 99.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 163,487 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,900 ha, in 1970.
That places Middle Africa 16th out of 34 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,556 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,347 ha | 1,900 ha | 9,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,157 ha | 6,800 ha | 19,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,671 ha | 21,410 ha | 34,680 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,177 ha | 38,125 ha | 67,185 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 97,332 ha | 70,134 ha | 134,896 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,230 ha | 147,279 ha | 163,487 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Middle Africa was 163,487 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 163,487 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,900 ha in 1970.
- How does Middle Africa rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 16th out of 34 regions with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.