Soya beans — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Soya beans — Area harvested was 9,997 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Thailand is 9,997 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 71.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 502,416 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9,997 ha, in 2024.
That places Thailand 60th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,880 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,200 ha | +18.9% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1964 | 34,080 ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 18,400 ha | -46.0% |
| 1966 | 44,160 ha | +140.0% |
| 1967 | 58,400 ha | +32.2% |
| 1968 | 46,080 ha | -21.1% |
| 1969 | 46,880 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 57,600 ha | +22.9% |
| 1971 | 53,920 ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 77,000 ha | +42.8% |
| 1973 | 104,000 ha | +35.1% |
| 1974 | 126,720 ha | +21.8% |
| 1975 | 110,880 ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 93,920 ha | -15.3% |
| 1977 | 130,740 ha | +39.2% |
| 1978 | 145,315 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 100,381 ha | -30.9% |
| 1980 | 105,312 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 125,024 ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 100,920 ha | -19.3% |
| 1983 | 155,853 ha | +54.4% |
| 1984 | 193,228 ha | +24.0% |
| 1985 | 240,833 ha | +24.6% |
| 1986 | 282,107 ha | +17.1% |
| 1987 | 303,336 ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 392,203 ha | +29.3% |
| 1989 | 502,416 ha | +28.1% |
| 1990 | 407,837 ha | -18.8% |
| 1991 | 318,265 ha | -22.0% |
| 1992 | 343,200 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 379,840 ha | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 395,360 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 275,057 ha | -30.4% |
| 1996 | 255,520 ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 235,970 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 219,250 ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 224,640 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 215,014 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 176,446 ha | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 174,838 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 149,706 ha | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 145,938 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 144,192 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 137,640 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 126,386 ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 116,684 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 106,760 ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 89,760 ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 89,733 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 49,817 ha | -44.5% |
| 2013 | 30,828 ha | -38.1% |
| 2014 | 35,067 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 34,235 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 30,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 24,181 ha | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 24,031 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 15,709 ha | -34.6% |
| 2020 | 13,697 ha | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 12,862 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 12,462 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 10,549 ha | -15.4% |
| 2024 | 9,997 ha | -5.2% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 9,997 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 66% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 9,997 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,000 ha, 45% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +140.0% | 18,400 ha | 44,160 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,676 ha | 18,400 ha | 58,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100,048 ha | 53,920 ha | 145,315 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 240,123 ha | 100,920 ha | 502,416 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 305,494 ha | 219,250 ha | 407,837 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 149,360 ha | 106,760 ha | 215,014 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,336 ha | 15,709 ha | 89,760 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,913 ha | 9,997 ha | 13,697 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 57 Belize 16,310 ha compare
- 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,182 ha compare
- 59 Czechoslovakia 11,588 ha compare
- 61 Liberia 7,959 ha compare
- 62 Ethiopia PDR 6,800 ha compare
- 63 Burundi 4,986 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Thailand?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Thailand was 9,997 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 502,416 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,997 ha in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 60th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.