South Africa vs Viet Nam: Soya beans — Production
Soya beans — Production over time
- South Africa
- Viet Nam
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1.85 million t against 46,127 t in Viet Nam, a difference of 1.80 million t.
That makes South Africa's figure about 40.1 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
South Africa ranks 11th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 108 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 4 and Viet Nam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,591 t | 14,856 t | 11,264 t | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 17,540 t | 17,150 t | 390 t | South Africa |
| 1980s | 41,315 t | 72,410 t | 31,095 t | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 108,900 t | 112,278 t | 3,378 t | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 265,916 t | 230,330 t | 35,586 t | South Africa |
| 2010s | 949,684 t | 163,116 t | 786,568 t | South Africa |
| 2020s | 2.00 million t | 54,184 t | 1.94 million t | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — production, South Africa or Viet Nam?
- South Africa, at 1.85 million t against 46,127 t in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — production between South Africa and Viet Nam?
- 1.80 million t, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Viet Nam rank globally for soya beans — production?
- South Africa ranks 11th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 108 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.