Soya beans — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Soya beans — Area harvested was 283 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Panama recorded 283 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Panama peaked at 289 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Panama 83rd out of 107 countries 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 Panama, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 0 ha | — |
| 1991 | 91 ha | — |
| 1992 | 130 ha | +42.9% |
| 1993 | 145 ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 149 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 148 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 140 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 139 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 130 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 136 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 139 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 148 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 156 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 165 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 175 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 187 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 199 ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 213 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 228 ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 243 ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 285 ha | +17.3% |
| 2013 | 285 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 289 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 279 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 279 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 269 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 275 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 287 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 277 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 280 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 283 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 286 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 283 ha | -1.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 283 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 9% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Panama's 283 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 3% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +42.9% | 91 ha | 130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 120.6 ha | 0 ha | 149 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 165.2 ha | 134 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 271.9 ha | 228 ha | 289 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.8 ha | 277 ha | 286 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 80 Bulgaria 580 ha compare
- 81 Philippines 372 ha compare
- 82 Albania 338 ha compare
- 84 Bhutan 92 ha compare
- 85 Madagascar 79 ha compare
- 86 Tajikistan 63 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Panama?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Panama was 283 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 289 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 83rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Panama 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.