Soya beans — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Soya beans — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Pakistan stood at 5 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 54.5% on the previous year and down 94.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 6,613 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2024.
Pakistan ranks 92nd of 107 countries on this measure, 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 2,441 ha | +22.1% |
| 1972 | 1,904 ha | -22.0% |
| 1973 | 2,660 ha | +39.7% |
| 1974 | 2,199 ha | -17.3% |
| 1975 | 957 ha | -56.5% |
| 1976 | 833 ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 1,662 ha | +99.5% |
| 1978 | 3,049 ha | +83.5% |
| 1979 | 3,437 ha | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 3,512 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 3,162 ha | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 3,691 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 4,101 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 4,465 ha | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 4,457 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 5,446 ha | +22.2% |
| 1987 | 5,980 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 2,758 ha | -53.9% |
| 1989 | 2,269 ha | -17.7% |
| 1990 | 1,495 ha | -34.1% |
| 1991 | 1,895 ha | +26.8% |
| 1992 | 2,193 ha | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 4,177 ha | +90.5% |
| 1994 | 6,613 ha | +58.3% |
| 1995 | 6,013 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 2,132 ha | -64.5% |
| 1997 | 5,649 ha | +165.0% |
| 1998 | 6,350 ha | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 1,024 ha | -83.9% |
| 2000 | 1,264 ha | +23.4% |
| 2001 | 1,261 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,001 ha | -20.6% |
| 2003 | 297 ha | -70.3% |
| 2004 | 298 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 220 ha | -26.2% |
| 2006 | 373 ha | +69.5% |
| 2007 | 55 ha | -85.3% |
| 2008 | 49 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 51 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 89 ha | +74.5% |
| 2011 | 128 ha | +43.8% |
| 2012 | 81 ha | -36.7% |
| 2013 | 90 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 84 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 41 ha | -51.2% |
| 2016 | 47 ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 26 ha | -44.7% |
| 2018 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 17 ha | -37.0% |
| 2020 | 181 ha | +964.7% |
| 2021 | 55 ha | -69.6% |
| 2022 | 14 ha | -74.5% |
| 2023 | 11 ha | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | -54.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 5 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 0% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 5 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23 ha, 22% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +964.7% | 17 ha | 181 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,114 ha | 833 ha | 3,437 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,984 ha | 2,269 ha | 5,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,754 ha | 1,024 ha | 6,613 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 486.9 ha | 49 ha | 1,264 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63 ha | 17 ha | 128 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.2 ha | 5 ha | 181 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 89 North Macedonia 32 ha compare
- 90 Luxembourg 20 ha compare
- 91 French Polynesia 6 ha compare
- 93 Suriname 2 ha compare
- 94 Chile 0 ha compare
- 94 Costa Rica 0 ha compare
- 94 Cyprus 0 ha
- 94 Denmark 0 ha
- 94 Estonia 0 ha
- 94 Finland 0 ha
- 94 French Guiana 0 ha compare
- 94 Guyana 0 ha compare
- 94 Jordan 0 ha compare
- 94 Latvia 0 ha
- 94 Malaysia 0 ha compare
- 94 Malta 0 ha
- 94 New Zealand 0 ha compare
- 94 Senegal 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Pakistan was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,613 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 92nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.