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...
What the numbers show
Soya bean oil — Production is currently reported for 117 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 23,000 t, and the mean is 566,459 t.
Over the past decade 68 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 449,000 t | 2023 | up 1,551.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 5.28 million t | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 398,524 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 2.09 million t | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 328,300 t | 2023 | up 240.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1.02 million t | 2023 | up 200.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 222,700 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 993,791 t | 2023 | up 206.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 43,306 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Paraguay | 634,400 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 20,000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | 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 |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,000 t | 2023 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Italy | 501,200 t | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 830 t | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 494,800 t | 2023 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 385.12 t | 2023 | down 61.5% | 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 | Egypt | 394,100 t | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 336,579 t | 2009 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Canada | 329,856 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 19 | South Africa | 322,900 t | 2023 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 307,900 t | 2023 | up 156.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 294,100 t | 2023 | up 268.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Algeria | 243,700 t | 2023 | up 60,825.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 193,200 t | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 185,700 t | 1999 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Portugal | 168,600 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 26 | USSR | 166,000 t | 1991 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 10,301 t | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 161,500 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 28 | Nigeria | 140,500 t | 2023 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Iraq | 126,665 t | 2023 | up 187,025.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 117,500 t | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 102,000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 102,000 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Pakistan | 97,600 t | 2023 | up 814,591.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Tunisia | 96,300 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 89,200 t | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 36 | Zambia | 81,500 t | 2023 | up 435.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Norway | 72,000 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 64,270 t | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 56,600 t | 2023 | up 18,766.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Romania | 51,500 t | 2023 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Israel | 51,200 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 42 | Yugoslav SFR | 47,800 t | 1991 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 46,800 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Serbia and Montenegro | 46,269 t | 2005 | up 162.3% | rising |
| 45 | Togo | 35,000 t | 2023 | up 18,253.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 34,600 t | 2023 | up 335.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Greece | 34,300 t | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Poland | 33,100 t | 2023 | up 427.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 27,475 t | 2023 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Hungary | 24,600 t | 2023 | up 4,000.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Malawi | 24,500 t | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 24,005 t | 2023 | up 415.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Benin | 23,600 t | 2023 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Belgium | 23,000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 22,100 t | 2023 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 21,500 t | 2023 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Lebanon | 20,700 t | 2023 | up 1,478,470.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Uganda | 18,600 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Cameroon | 17,518 t | 2023 | up 139.3% | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 15,400 t | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 13,500 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 12,400 t | 2023 | up 2,380.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Chile | 9,800 t | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 9,400 t | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Czechia | 8,545 t | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovakia | 8,500 t | 2023 | up 198.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Australia | 7,800 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Australia and New Zealand | 7,800 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 7,000 t | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 70 | Cambodia | 6,500 t | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | 6,480 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 6,400 t | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,500 t | 2023 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 5,300 t | 2023 | up 16,462.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 5,000 t | 2023 | up 16,154.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Croatia | 4,000 t | 2023 | up 488.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Belize | 3,978 t | 2023 | up 773.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Singapore | 3,600 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 3,400 t | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Georgia | 3,300 t | 2023 | up 262.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Ireland | 3,200 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Sweden | 2,514 t | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 2,040 t | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 2,016 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Barbados | 2,000 t | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Ecuador | 2,000 t | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 1,800 t | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 1,700 t | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Denmark | 1,596 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Cuba | 1,549 t | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Czechoslovakia | 1,500 t | 1992 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,351 t | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Peru | 1,026 t | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Mali | 900 t | 2023 | up 548.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Gabon | 836.44 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Switzerland | 423 t | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Lithuania | 400 t | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 98 | Honduras | 326.23 t | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 92.57 t | 2023 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 100 | Albania | 75.75 t | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 12.41 t | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 8.9 t | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Libya | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | 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.
- World 59.91 million t
- Asia 23.01 million t
- Americas 31.02 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 539,985 t
- Eastern Asia 18.52 million t
- South America 17.39 million t
- Northern America 12.56 million t
- United States of America 12.23 million t
- Europe 4.41 million t
- Southern Asia 2.96 million t
- European Union (27) 2.72 million t
- Middle Africa 18,354 t
- Eastern Europe 1.51 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 17,879 t
- Africa 1.46 million t
- Southern Europe 1.36 million t
- Western Europe 1.30 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.24 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.20 million t
- Central America 1.06 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 869,390 t
- Northern Africa 740,500 t
- Western Asia 632,777 t
- Southern Africa 322,900 t
- Northern Europe 244,611 t
- Western Africa 222,400 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 197,958 t
- Eastern Africa 155,500 t
- Central Asia 29,515 t
- Oceania 7,800 t
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.