Soya beans — Area harvested in South America
South America: Soya beans — Area harvested was 68.68 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in South America stood at 68.68 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in South America peaked at 68.68 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 259,534 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 3rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 549,427 ha | 259,534 ha | 1.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.66 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10.40 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.19 million ha | 10.84 million ha | 17.35 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.46 million ha | 15.30 million ha | 23.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.82 million ha | 24.17 million ha | 42.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.92 million ha | 46.18 million ha | 58.59 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.72 million ha | 59.88 million ha | 68.68 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South 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
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 390.62 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 13,793 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in South America?
- Soya beans — area harvested in South America was 68.68 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 68.68 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,534 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.