Soya bean oil — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
116
Highest
17.82 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
North Macedonia
Median
22,550 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,531

What the numbers show

Soya bean oil — Production is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 17.82 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in North Macedonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 22,550 t, and the mean is 568,559 t.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 1,478,470.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Soya bean oil — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 17.82 million t 2023 up 62.0% volatile
2 China, mainland 17.36 million t 2023 up 63.7% volatile
3 Brazil 10.89 million t 2023 up 53.9% volatile
4 Argentina 5.28 million t 2023 down 18.0% volatile
5 India 2.09 million t 2023 up 10.3% volatile
6 Russian Federation 1.02 million t 2023 up 200.8% volatile
7 Mexico 993,791 t 2023 up 206.9% volatile
8 Paraguay 634,400 t 2023 up 11.3% volatile
9 Germany 606,500 t 2023 down 3.7% rising
10 Spain 579,400 t 2023 down 2.1% rising
11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 532,200 t 2023 up 13.3% rising
12 Italy 501,200 t 2023 up 76.5% rising
13 Thailand 494,800 t 2023 up 92.6% volatile
14 Japan 493,965 t 2023 up 30.1% rising
15 China, Taiwan Province of 458,900 t 2023 up 16.7% volatile
16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 449,000 t 2023 up 1,551.6% volatile
17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 398,524 t 2023 down 0.7% volatile
18 Egypt 394,100 t 2023 up 37.4% volatile
19 Indonesia 336,579 t 2009 down 15.8% volatile
20 Canada 329,856 t 2023 up 11.9% rising
21 Türkiye 328,300 t 2023 up 240.9% volatile
22 Ukraine 307,900 t 2023 up 156.5% volatile
23 Bangladesh 294,100 t 2023 up 268.1% volatile
24 Algeria 243,700 t 2023 up 60,825.0% volatile
25 Viet Nam 222,700 t 2023 up 19.6% volatile
26 Republic of Korea 193,200 t 2023 up 25.9% volatile
27 Belgium-Luxembourg 185,700 t 1999 down 6.6% volatile
28 Portugal 168,600 t 2023 up 40.0% volatile
29 USSR 166,000 t 1991 down 34.9% volatile
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 161,500 t 2023 up 32.2% rising
31 Nigeria 140,500 t 2023 up 81.8% volatile
32 Iraq 126,665 t 2023 up 187,025.0% volatile
33 Colombia 117,500 t 2023 up 16.9% volatile
34 France 102,000 t 2023 down 5.0% rising
34 Malaysia 102,000 t 2023 up 23.9% volatile
36 Pakistan 97,600 t 2023 up 814,591.0% volatile
37 Tunisia 96,300 t 2023 up 21.0% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 89,200 t 2023 up 4.6% rising
39 Zambia 81,500 t 2023 up 435.6% volatile
40 Norway 72,000 t 2023 down 0.8% rising
41 Serbia 64,270 t 2023 up 55.0% rising
42 Belarus 56,600 t 2023 up 18,766.7% volatile
43 Romania 51,500 t 2023 up 123.8% volatile
44 Israel 51,200 t 2023 down 13.2% rising
45 Yugoslav SFR 47,800 t 1991 down 9.0% volatile
46 Costa Rica 46,800 t 2023 up 14.1% volatile
47 Serbia and Montenegro 46,269 t 2005 up 162.3% rising
48 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43,306 t 2023 up 3.7% volatile
49 Togo 35,000 t 2023 up 18,253.4% volatile
50 Austria 34,600 t 2023 up 335.9% volatile
51 Greece 34,300 t 2023 down 33.6% volatile
52 Poland 33,100 t 2023 up 427.6% volatile
53 Kazakhstan 27,475 t 2023 up 130.6% volatile
54 Hungary 24,600 t 2023 up 4,000.0% volatile
55 Malawi 24,500 t 2023 up 57.1% rising
56 Philippines 24,005 t 2023 up 415.2% volatile
57 Benin 23,600 t 2023 up 112.6% volatile
58 Belgium 23,000 t 2023 volatile
59 Nepal 22,100 t 2023 up 105.2% volatile
60 Uruguay 21,500 t 2023 up 290.9% volatile
61 Lebanon 20,700 t 2023 up 1,478,470.0% volatile
62 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,000 t 2023 down 13.0% volatile
63 Uganda 18,600 t 2023 down 30.6% volatile
64 Cameroon 17,518 t 2023 up 139.3% rising
65 Myanmar 15,400 t 2023 down 52.3% volatile
66 Zimbabwe 13,500 t 2023 unchanged volatile
67 Ethiopia 12,400 t 2023 up 2,380.0% volatile
68 Caribbean 10,301 t 2023 down 56.7% volatile
69 Chile 9,800 t 2023 up 117.8% volatile
70 United Arab Emirates 9,400 t 2023 down 69.4% volatile
71 Czechia 8,545 t 2023 up 31.5% volatile
72 Slovakia 8,500 t 2023 up 198.4% volatile
73 Australia 7,800 t 2023 down 45.5% volatile
73 Australia and New Zealand 7,800 t 2023 down 45.5% volatile
75 Panama 7,000 t 2023 down 17.9% falling
76 Cambodia 6,500 t 2023 down 50.3% volatile
77 Guatemala 6,480 t 2023 down 8.7% volatile
78 Morocco 6,400 t 2023 down 37.9% volatile
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,500 t 2023 up 122.7% volatile
80 Dominican Republic 5,300 t 2023 up 16,462.5% volatile
81 Mozambique 5,000 t 2023 up 16,154.9% volatile
82 Croatia 4,000 t 2023 up 488.2% volatile
83 Belize 3,978 t 2023 up 773.1% volatile
84 Singapore 3,600 t 2023 up 10.5% volatile
85 Finland 3,400 t 2023 down 52.1% volatile
86 Georgia 3,300 t 2023 up 262.3% volatile
87 Ireland 3,200 t 2023 up 39.1% volatile
88 Sweden 2,514 t 2023 down 35.0% volatile
89 Uzbekistan 2,040 t 2023 up 56.9% volatile
90 Sri Lanka 2,016 t 2023 down 11.8% volatile
91 Barbados 2,000 t 2023 down 43.6% volatile
91 Ecuador 2,000 t 2023 down 79.8% volatile
93 Nicaragua 1,800 t 2023 up 43.6% volatile
94 Bulgaria 1,700 t 2023 up 112.5% volatile
95 Denmark 1,596 t 2023 volatile
96 Cuba 1,549 t 2023 down 91.6% volatile
97 Czechoslovakia 1,500 t 1992 down 72.2% falling
98 Trinidad and Tobago 1,351 t 2023 down 19.0% volatile
99 Peru 1,026 t 2023 up 35.9% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 1,000 t 2023 down 86.1% volatile
101 Mali 900 t 2023 up 548.2% volatile
102 Gabon 836.44 t 2023 down 9.6% volatile
103 Republic of Moldova 830 t 2023 down 63.6% volatile
104 Switzerland 423 t 2023 down 86.4% volatile
105 Lithuania 400 t 2023 down 47.8% rising
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 385.12 t 2023 down 61.5% volatile
107 Honduras 326.23 t 2023 down 50.9% volatile
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 92.57 t 2023 down 71.3% falling
109 Albania 75.75 t 2023 up 75.9% volatile
110 Kuwait 12.41 t 2023 down 74.6% volatile
111 Jamaica 8.9 t 2023 down 46.5% volatile
112 Libya 0.01 t 2023 volatile
113 Azerbaijan 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
113 Luxembourg 0 t 2023 volatile
113 Latvia 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
113 North Macedonia 0 t 2022 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
Soya bean oil — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
147 places, 7,531 data points, 1961–2023
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.