Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested was 26,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 26,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 59.7% on the previous year and up 100.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 64,461 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 1,193 ha | — |
| 1973 | 2,631 ha | +120.5% |
| 1974 | 1,818 ha | -30.9% |
| 1975 | 3,572 ha | +96.5% |
| 1976 | 7,123 ha | +99.4% |
| 1977 | 13,917 ha | +95.4% |
| 1978 | 34,554 ha | +148.3% |
| 1979 | 42,176 ha | +22.1% |
| 1980 | 34,762 ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 46,456 ha | +33.6% |
| 1982 | 60,164 ha | +29.5% |
| 1983 | 61,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 53,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1985 | 51,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 48,100 ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 51,470 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 52,150 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 38,789 ha | -25.6% |
| 1990 | 46,686 ha | +20.4% |
| 1991 | 52,898 ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 25,446 ha | -51.9% |
| 1993 | 22,332 ha | -12.2% |
| 1994 | 26,234 ha | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 29,055 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 16,216 ha | -44.2% |
| 1997 | 14,243 ha | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 20,221 ha | +42.0% |
| 1999 | 8,165 ha | -59.6% |
| 2000 | 4,867 ha | -40.4% |
| 2001 | 6,331 ha | +30.1% |
| 2002 | 6,916 ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 9,292 ha | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 15,348 ha | +65.2% |
| 2005 | 16,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 8,470 ha | -47.1% |
| 2007 | 8,788 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 9,681 ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 8,179 ha | -15.5% |
| 2010 | 16,233 ha | +98.5% |
| 2011 | 10,548 ha | -35.0% |
| 2012 | 8,185 ha | -22.4% |
| 2013 | 10,422 ha | +27.3% |
| 2014 | 12,979 ha | +24.5% |
| 2015 | 15,275 ha | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 14,466 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 13,879 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 17,093 ha | +23.2% |
| 2019 | 13,398 ha | -21.6% |
| 2020 | 13,623 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 21,613 ha | +58.7% |
| 2022 | 38,074 ha | +76.2% |
| 2023 | 64,461 ha | +69.3% |
| 2024 | 26,000 ha | -59.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,698 ha | 0 ha | 42,176 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,769 ha | 34,762 ha | 61,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,150 ha | 8,165 ha | 52,898 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,387 ha | 4,867 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,248 ha | 8,185 ha | 17,093 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,754 ha | 13,623 ha | 64,461 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Northern Africa was 26,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 64,461 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.