Soya beans — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Soya beans — Area harvested was 210,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 210,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 351.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 225,000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1963.
That places Uganda 19th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | -10.1% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | -79.2% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +400.0% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,050 ha | -56.2% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +185.7% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +133.3% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1970 | 4,600 ha | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 12,137 ha | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1988 | 17,000 ha | +70.0% |
| 1989 | 17,638 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 37,216 ha | +111.0% |
| 1991 | 54,000 ha | +45.1% |
| 1992 | 59,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 65,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 68,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 72,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 76,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 84,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 106,000 ha | +26.2% |
| 2001 | 127,000 ha | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 151,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 165,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 144,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 144,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 145,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 147,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 31,000 ha | -78.9% |
| 2009 | 45,000 ha | +45.2% |
| 2010 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 45,495 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 45,995 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 46,409 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 46,549 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 47,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 190,000 ha | +304.3% |
| 2019 | 215,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 225,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 173,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2022 | 215,000 ha | +24.3% |
| 2023 | 200,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 210,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 3.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 210,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 3.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +400.0% | 500 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 2018 | +304.3% | 47,000 ha | 190,000 ha |
| 1967 | +185.7% | 1,050 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1968 | +133.3% | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,836 ha | 500 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,660 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,878 ha | 4,000 ha | 17,638 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,122 ha | 37,216 ha | 84,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,500 ha | 31,000 ha | 165,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,545 ha | 45,000 ha | 215,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 204,600 ha | 173,000 ha | 225,000 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Uganda?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Uganda was 210,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 225,000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1963.
- How does Uganda rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 19th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 351.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.