Canada vs World: Soya beans — Yield

Canada
3,305 kg/ha
in 2024
World
2,778 kg/ha
in 2024
Canada rank
5th
World rank
8th

Soya beans — Yield over time

  • Canada
  • World
1.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k3.0k3.5k196119922024

How they compare

Canada currently reports 3,305 kg/ha against 2,778 kg/ha in World, a difference of 527 kg/ha.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times World's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 5th and World ranks 8th of 111 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada World Difference Ahead
1960s 1,930 kg/ha 1,266 kg/ha 663.73 kg/ha Canada
1970s 2,073 kg/ha 1,581 kg/ha 491.9 kg/ha Canada
1980s 2,345 kg/ha 1,761 kg/ha 583.52 kg/ha Canada
1990s 2,618 kg/ha 2,068 kg/ha 550.72 kg/ha Canada
2000s 2,434 kg/ha 2,302 kg/ha 132.67 kg/ha Canada
2010s 2,848 kg/ha 2,626 kg/ha 221.98 kg/ha Canada
2020s 3,118 kg/ha 2,752 kg/ha 365.5 kg/ha Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soya beans — yield, Canada or World?
Canada, at 3,305 kg/ha against 2,778 kg/ha in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in soya beans — yield between Canada and World?
527 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and World rank globally for soya beans — yield?
Canada ranks 5th and World ranks 8th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Soya beans — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 6,814 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.