Soy production, yield and area harvested by country

Shown is the change in soy production, yield and area used to grow the crop over time.

Countries reporting
112
Highest
144.47 million tonnes
Brazil
Lowest
0 tonnes
French Guiana
Median
30,038 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
5,570

What the numbers show

Soy production, yield and area harvested is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 144.47 million tonnes in Brazil; the lowest is 0 tonnes in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 30,038 tonnes, and the mean is 3.55 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 5,333.6%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 100.0%).

Soy production, yield and area harvested: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 144.47 million tonnes 2024 up 66.5% volatile
2 United States 118.84 million tonnes 2024 up 11.2% rising
3 Argentina 48.21 million tonnes 2024 down 9.7% volatile
4 China 20.65 million tonnes 2024 up 69.9% rising
5 India 15.13 million tonnes 2024 up 45.9% volatile
6 Paraguay 11.10 million tonnes 2024 up 11.3% volatile
7 Canada 7.57 million tonnes 2024 up 25.2% volatile
8 Russia 7.00 million tonnes 2024 up 196.2% volatile
9 Ukraine 6.64 million tonnes 2024 up 70.9% volatile
10 Bolivia 3.22 million tonnes 2024 up 14.3% volatile
11 Uruguay 3.06 million tonnes 2024 down 3.1% volatile
12 South Africa 1.85 million tonnes 2024 up 94.9% volatile
13 Nigeria 1.15 million tonnes 2024 up 84.3% volatile
14 Italy 1.13 million tonnes 2024 up 20.6% volatile
15 Benin 652,454 tonnes 2024 up 554.2% volatile
16 France 398,540 tonnes 2024 up 75.4% volatile
17 Serbia 346,808 tonnes 2024 down 36.5% rising
18 Romania 316,760 tonnes 2024 up 56.1% volatile
19 Malawi 305,000 tonnes 2024 up 130.7% volatile
20 Togo 284,342 tonnes 2024 up 1,430.0% volatile
21 Ghana 270,000 tonnes 2024 up 90.9% rising
22 Mexico 265,333 tonnes 2024 down 31.5% volatile
23 Hungary 258,890 tonnes 2024 up 124.0% volatile
24 Croatia 255,080 tonnes 2024 up 94.1% volatile
25 Japan 252,400 tonnes 2024 up 8.9% rising
26 Austria 249,130 tonnes 2024 up 110.9% volatile
27 Ethiopia 240,000 tonnes 2024 up 140.2% volatile
28 Colombia 235,454 tonnes 2024 up 161.2% rising
29 Indonesia 227,367 tonnes 2024 down 76.2% volatile
30 Kazakhstan 207,503 tonnes 2024 down 4.8% volatile
31 Iran 200,000 tonnes 2024 up 40.3% volatile
32 North Korea 180,000 tonnes 2024 down 48.6% rising
32 Turkey 180,000 tonnes 2024 up 20.0% volatile
34 Zambia 169,700 tonnes 2024 down 20.8% volatile
35 Uganda 155,000 tonnes 2024 up 455.0% volatile
36 South Korea 154,954 tonnes 2024 up 11.3% falling
37 Slovakia 152,740 tonnes 2024 up 82.0% volatile
38 Myanmar 140,000 tonnes 2024 down 10.5% volatile
39 Burkina Faso 138,052 tonnes 2024 up 817.0% volatile
40 Germany 131,800 tonnes 2024 up 632.2% volatile
41 Cameroon 116,690 tonnes 2024 up 799.3% volatile
42 Bangladesh 106,833 tonnes 2024 down 4.6% rising
43 Poland 80,960 tonnes 2024 volatile
44 Egypt 75,000 tonnes 2024 up 88.1% volatile
45 Czechia 73,670 tonnes 2024 up 346.7% volatile
46 Mozambique 70,000 tonnes 2024 up 27.3% rising
47 Zimbabwe 69,291 tonnes 2024 down 2.9% volatile
48 Australia 65,300 tonnes 2024 up 104.4% volatile
49 Cambodia 51,000 tonnes 2024 down 51.1% volatile
50 Angola 46,857 tonnes 2024 up 240.5% volatile
51 Vietnam 46,127 tonnes 2024 down 70.5% volatile
52 Guatemala 45,000 tonnes 2024 up 18.4% volatile
53 Tanzania 42,738 tonnes 2024 up 609.3% volatile
54 Rwanda 36,705 tonnes 2024 up 105.0% volatile
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,579 tonnes 2024 up 250.1% volatile
56 Moldova 31,555 tonnes 2024 down 71.1% volatile
57 Nepal 28,520 tonnes 2024 up 1.0% volatile
58 Democratic Republic of Congo 28,401 tonnes 2024 up 35.6% volatile
59 Belize 26,404 tonnes 2024 up 581.0% volatile
60 Ecuador 24,711 tonnes 2024 down 24.4% volatile
61 Mali 22,814 tonnes 2024 up 948.9% volatile
62 Kenya 17,417 tonnes 2024 up 635.5% volatile
63 Thailand 16,347 tonnes 2024 down 72.0% volatile
64 Uzbekistan 12,606 tonnes 2024 up 5,333.6% volatile
65 Slovenia 11,640 tonnes 2024 up 1,012.8% volatile
66 Venezuela 11,057 tonnes 2024 up 139.3% volatile
67 Spain 10,940 tonnes 2024 up 312.8% volatile
68 Nicaragua 10,000 tonnes 2023 up 40.9% volatile
69 Laos 7,879 tonnes 2024 down 53.7% volatile
70 Switzerland 7,479 tonnes 2024 up 92.7% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 6,196 tonnes 2024 down 8.7% volatile
72 El Salvador 5,380 tonnes 2024 up 8.6% volatile
73 Taiwan 5,000 tonnes 2024 up 326.3% volatile
74 Gabon 4,015 tonnes 2024 down 5.3% volatile
75 Syria 3,610 tonnes 2024 up 1,091.4% volatile
76 Liberia 3,426 tonnes 2024 up 1.9% rising
77 Kyrgyzstan 2,549 tonnes 2024 up 321.3% volatile
78 Greece 2,490 tonnes 2024 down 68.3% volatile
79 Peru 2,230 tonnes 2024 up 5.3% volatile
80 Honduras 2,193 tonnes 2024 down 0.3% volatile
81 Burundi 2,165 tonnes 2024 down 40.6% volatile
82 Lithuania 2,040 tonnes 2024 down 40.9% falling
83 Georgia 2,000 tonnes 2024 down 0.8% volatile
84 Morocco 1,000 tonnes 2024 unchanged volatile
85 East Timor 860.62 tonnes 2024 down 12.6% falling
86 Albania 813.2 tonnes 2024 up 132.3% volatile
87 Bulgaria 630 tonnes 2024 down 14.4% volatile
88 Cote d'Ivoire 572.17 tonnes 2024 up 40.5% volatile
89 Philippines 505.74 tonnes 2024 down 27.2% volatile
90 Panama 96.32 tonnes 2024 down 6.3% volatile
91 Bhutan 79.65 tonnes 2024 down 73.6% volatile
92 North Macedonia 55.29 tonnes 2024 down 62.9% volatile
94 Madagascar 47.91 tonnes 2024 up 2.4% volatile
95 Iraq 34.17 tonnes 2024 up 36.1% volatile
96 Azerbaijan 29.73 tonnes 2024 up 6.4% volatile
97 Tajikistan 20.75 tonnes 2024 up 4.2% volatile
98 French Polynesia 11.47 tonnes 2024 down 50.1% falling
99 Pakistan 3 tonnes 2024 down 95.2% volatile
100 Suriname 2.35 tonnes 2024 down 73.9% volatile
101 Chile 0 tonnes 1992 down 100.0% volatile
101 Costa Rica 0 tonnes 1993 down 100.0% volatile
101 Cyprus 0 tonnes 2024 flat
101 Denmark 0 tonnes 2024 flat
101 Estonia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
101 Finland 0 tonnes 2024 flat
101 Guyana 0 tonnes 1992 volatile
101 Jordan 0 tonnes 1995 volatile
101 Latvia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
101 Malaysia 0 tonnes 1991 down 100.0% volatile
101 New Zealand 0 tonnes 1992 down 100.0% volatile
101 Senegal 0 tonnes 1992 volatile
101 French Guiana 0 tonnes 1992 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Soy production, yield and area harvested
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
116 places, 5,570 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Shown is the change in soy production, yield and area used to grow the crop over time.