Soya beans — Area harvested in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Soya beans — Area harvested was 74,018 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 74,018 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Republic of Korea peaked at 313,501 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 45,556 ha, in 2017.
Republic of Korea ranks 36th of 107 countries 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 Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 290,073 ha | — |
| 1962 | 287,287 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 282,893 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 281,167 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 310,676 ha | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 275,913 ha | -11.2% |
| 1967 | 310,504 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 313,501 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 305,179 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 295,462 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 275,124 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 281,714 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 311,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 286,188 ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 273,857 ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 247,479 ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 250,621 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 246,932 ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 207,335 ha | -16.0% |
| 1980 | 188,431 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 201,722 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 183,099 ha | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 182,074 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 190,103 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 155,964 ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 133,489 ha | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 153,794 ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 145,418 ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 157,367 ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 152,265 ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 119,066 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 104,647 ha | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 116,825 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 121,729 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 105,035 ha | -13.7% |
| 1996 | 97,989 ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 99,862 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 97,682 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 87,026 ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 86,176 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 78,415 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 80,804 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 80,447 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 85,270 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 105,421 ha | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 90,248 ha | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 76,267 ha | -15.5% |
| 2008 | 75,242 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 70,265 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 71,422 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 77,849 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 80,842 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 80,031 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 74,652 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 56,666 ha | -24.1% |
| 2016 | 49,014 ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 45,556 ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 50,638 ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 58,537 ha | +15.6% |
| 2020 | 55,008 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 54,444 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 63,956 ha | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 67,671 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 74,018 ha | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295,244 ha | 275,913 ha | 313,501 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 267,631 ha | 207,335 ha | 311,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,146 ha | 133,489 ha | 201,722 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 110,213 ha | 87,026 ha | 152,265 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,856 ha | 70,265 ha | 105,421 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,521 ha | 45,556 ha | 80,842 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,019 ha | 54,444 ha | 74,018 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Republic of Korea?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Republic of Korea was 74,018 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 313,501 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,556 ha in 2017.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Republic of Korea ranks 36th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.