Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Soya beans — Area harvested was 37.11 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 37.11 million ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 39.17 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.01 million ha, in 1961.
That places Northern America 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.01 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 11.26 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 11.67 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 12.55 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 14.05 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1966 | 14.90 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 16.23 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 16.87 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 16.86 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 17.23 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 17.43 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 18.65 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 22.72 million ha | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 20.94 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 21.86 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 20.14 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 23.63 million ha | +17.3% |
| 1978 | 26.05 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 28.75 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 27.72 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 27.05 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 28.47 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 25.67 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 27.16 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 25.33 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 23.97 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 23.60 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 23.75 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 24.57 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 23.35 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 24.07 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 24.19 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 23.94 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 25.43 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 25.73 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 26.50 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 29.03 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 29.49 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 30.32 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 30.36 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 30.60 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 30.36 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 30.38 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 31.10 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 30.00 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 31.39 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 27.13 million ha | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 31.42 million ha | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 32.32 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 32.51 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 31.41 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 32.51 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 32.72 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 35.68 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 35.36 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 35.70 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 39.17 million ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 37.99 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 32.60 million ha | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 35.47 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 37.01 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 36.99 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 35.56 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 37.11 million ha | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.93 million ha | 11.01 million ha | 16.87 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.74 million ha | 17.23 million ha | 28.75 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.73 million ha | 23.60 million ha | 28.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.21 million ha | 23.35 million ha | 30.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.51 million ha | 27.13 million ha | 32.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.56 million ha | 31.41 million ha | 39.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.43 million ha | 35.47 million ha | 37.11 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 Brazil 45.91 million ha compare
- 2 Argentina 16.37 million ha compare
- 3 India 12.94 million ha compare
- 4 China (People’s Republic of) 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha compare
- 7 Paraguay 3.65 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 22.70 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Northern America?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Northern America was 37.11 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 39.17 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.01 million ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.