Soya beans — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Soya beans — Area harvested was 2.39 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2.39 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 151.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2.71 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48,595 ha, in 1966.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 12th 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,267 ha | — |
| 1962 | 59,844 ha | +19.1% |
| 1963 | 65,539 ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 57,002 ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 49,890 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 48,595 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 52,665 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 54,262 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 60,719 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 56,817 ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 60,649 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 67,283 ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 67,974 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 68,258 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 71,606 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 79,397 ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 98,830 ha | +24.5% |
| 1978 | 119,449 ha | +20.9% |
| 1979 | 126,191 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 129,867 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 152,478 ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 175,542 ha | +15.1% |
| 1983 | 167,563 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 168,888 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 168,530 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 177,956 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 195,835 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 217,300 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 211,007 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 271,546 ha | +28.7% |
| 1991 | 289,492 ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 278,717 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 267,386 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 292,707 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 310,602 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 297,040 ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 318,477 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 353,039 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 358,312 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 401,633 ha | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 406,955 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 440,439 ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 565,201 ha | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 625,876 ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 744,392 ha | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 723,466 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 779,475 ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 695,402 ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 811,585 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 841,308 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 802,273 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 850,369 ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 926,716 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 951,465 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1.15 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 1.31 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 1.53 million ha | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 1.69 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 1.77 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 1.91 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 2.22 million ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 2.71 million ha | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 2.39 million ha | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,420 ha | 48,595 ha | 65,539 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,645 ha | 56,817 ha | 126,191 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 176,497 ha | 129,867 ha | 217,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 303,732 ha | 267,386 ha | 358,312 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 619,442 ha | 401,633 ha | 811,585 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 million ha | 802,273 ha | 1.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.20 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 2.71 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 9 Canada 2.29 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 35,723 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 1.15 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.39 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.71 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,595 ha in 1966.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 12th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 151.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.