Soya beans — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Soya beans — Area harvested was 286,288 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 286,288 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 120.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 332,245 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
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 | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,706 ha | 0 ha | 14,314 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,015 ha | 8,500 ha | 141,809 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 115,688 ha | 83,664 ha | 148,067 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,266 ha | 42,187 ha | 138,453 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,558 ha | 77,578 ha | 264,111 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 294,325 ha | 267,570 ha | 332,245 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 9.40 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 96.98 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Western Europe was 286,288 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 332,245 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 9th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.