Soya beans — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 13.11 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 13.11 million ha.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 13.43 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17,040 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 3rd of 34 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 | 28,969 ha | 17,040 ha | 42,860 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 188,199 ha | 44,080 ha | 565,658 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.31 million ha | 539,056 ha | 2.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.82 million ha | 2.66 million ha | 6.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.83 million ha | 6.20 million ha | 9.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.11 million ha | 9.74 million ha | 12.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.04 million ha | 12.31 million ha | 13.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 25,254 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.92 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 343.74 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 15,262 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 151.12 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Southern Asia was 13.11 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.43 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,040 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 34 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.