Bean yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
131
Highest
7.21 tonnes per hectare
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.0612 tonnes per hectare
Eritrea
Median
1.21 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,635
What the numbers show
Bean yields is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 7.21 tonnes per hectare in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.0612 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.21 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 1.52 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 118.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 197.2%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 66.2%).
Bean yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 7.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Montenegro | 6.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 3 | Barbados | 5.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Belgium | 4.52 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 3.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 6 | Latvia | 3.68 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sudan | 3.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3.45 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 10 | Lithuania | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 11 | Libya | 3.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 12 | Lebanon | 3.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 13 | South Sudan | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 1991 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 3.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 21 | France | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 22 | United States | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Yemen | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 26 | Austria | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | 1974 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 29 | Iraq | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Albania | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 31 | Taiwan | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Iran | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 34 | Syria | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 35 | Hungary | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 37 | China | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | flat |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 42 | Laos | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 43 | Australia | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 45 | Ukraine | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 46 | Russia | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 47 | Namibia | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Peru | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 49 | South Korea | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 50 | East Timor | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 1999 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 53 | Tanzania | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 54 | Grenada | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 60 | South Africa | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 62 | Bolivia | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 63 | Vietnam | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 66 | Mauritania | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 67 | Madagascar | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 71 | Indonesia | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 74 | Jamaica | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 75 | Dominica | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 76 | Czechia | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2005 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 77 | El Salvador | 0.9883 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 78 | Algeria | 0.9671 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 0.9517 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 0.9445 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 81 | Myanmar | 0.9398 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Mali | 0.9297 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 83 | Uganda | 0.9188 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 0.9101 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 0.8966 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 86 | Venezuela | 0.8817 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 87 | North Korea | 0.8795 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 88 | Croatia | 0.8707 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 0.8644 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 90 | Nepal | 0.8548 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8496 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 92 | Puerto Rico | 0.8407 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Argentina | 0.839 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 0.836 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 0.8211 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.8147 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 97 | Congo | 0.8144 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 0.8111 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | Reunion | 0.7843 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Ecuador | 0.7799 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 65.3% | flat |
| 101 | Bhutan | 0.7632 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 102 | Thailand | 0.7619 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 0.7536 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 104 | Kenya | 0.7349 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mexico | 0.7296 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 106 | Rwanda | 0.7242 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 107 | Paraguay | 0.714 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 0.7102 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 109 | Morocco | 0.6945 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 110 | India | 0.6822 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 0.6758 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 0.6749 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Chad | 0.6424 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 114 | Guatemala | 0.6409 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.6353 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 116 | Malawi | 0.6165 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 117 | Togo | 0.5741 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 0.5589 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 119 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5463 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 120 | Moldova | 0.5347 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 121 | Benin | 0.5259 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 122 | Mozambique | 0.521 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 123 | Angola | 0.5203 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 124 | Niger | 0.5076 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 125 | Eswatini | 0.477 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Panama | 0.4564 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 0.4362 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 128 | Djibouti | 0.3158 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 129 | Somalia | 0.2999 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 130 | Haiti | 0.2904 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 131 | Lesotho | 0.171 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Eritrea | 0.0612 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.43 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.