Soya beans — 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
121
Highest
144.47 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
French Guiana
Median
28,401 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,588

What the numbers show

Soya beans — Production is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 144.47 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 28,401 t, and the mean is 2.47 million t.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 5,333.6%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 100.0%).

Soya beans — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 144.47 million t 2024 up 66.5% volatile
2 Argentina 48.21 million t 2024 down 9.7% volatile
3 China 20.66 million t 2024 up 69.9% rising
4 China, mainland 20.65 million t 2024 up 69.9% rising
5 India 15.13 million t 2024 up 45.9% volatile
6 Paraguay 11.10 million t 2024 up 11.3% volatile
7 Canada 7.57 million t 2024 up 25.2% volatile
8 Russian Federation 7.00 million t 2024 up 196.2% volatile
9 Ukraine 6.64 million t 2024 up 70.9% volatile
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.22 million t 2024 up 14.3% volatile
11 Uruguay 3.06 million t 2024 down 3.1% volatile
12 Nigeria 1.15 million t 2024 up 84.3% volatile
13 Italy 1.13 million t 2024 up 20.6% volatile
14 USSR 814,000 t 1991 up 65.8% rising
15 Benin 652,454 t 2024 up 554.2% volatile
16 France 398,540 t 2024 up 75.4% volatile
17 Serbia and Montenegro 368,023 t 2005 up 243.1% rising
18 Serbia 346,808 t 2024 down 36.5% rising
19 Romania 316,760 t 2024 up 56.1% volatile
20 Malawi 305,000 t 2024 up 130.7% volatile
21 Togo 284,342 t 2024 up 1,430.0% volatile
22 Ghana 270,000 t 2024 up 90.9% rising
23 Mexico 265,333 t 2024 down 31.5% volatile
24 Hungary 258,890 t 2024 up 124.0% volatile
25 Croatia 255,080 t 2024 up 94.1% volatile
26 Japan 252,400 t 2024 up 8.9% rising
27 Austria 249,130 t 2024 up 110.9% volatile
28 Ethiopia 240,000 t 2024 up 140.2% volatile
29 Colombia 235,454 t 2024 up 161.2% rising
30 Indonesia 227,367 t 2024 down 76.2% volatile
31 Kazakhstan 207,503 t 2024 down 4.8% volatile
32 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 200,000 t 2024 up 40.3% volatile
33 Yugoslav SFR 187,900 t 1991 up 103.6% volatile
34 Türkiye 180,000 t 2024 up 20.0% volatile
34 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 180,000 t 2024 down 48.6% rising
36 Zambia 169,700 t 2024 down 20.8% volatile
37 Uganda 155,000 t 2024 up 455.0% volatile
38 Republic of Korea 154,954 t 2024 up 11.3% falling
39 Slovakia 152,740 t 2024 up 82.0% volatile
40 Myanmar 140,000 t 2024 down 10.5% volatile
41 Burkina Faso 138,052 t 2024 up 817.0% volatile
42 Germany 131,800 t 2024 up 632.2% volatile
43 Cameroon 116,690 t 2024 up 799.3% volatile
44 Bangladesh 106,833 t 2024 down 4.6% rising
45 Poland 80,960 t 2024 volatile
46 Egypt 75,000 t 2024 up 88.1% volatile
47 Czechia 73,670 t 2024 up 346.7% volatile
48 Mozambique 70,000 t 2024 up 27.3% rising
49 Zimbabwe 69,291 t 2024 down 2.9% volatile
50 Australia 65,300 t 2024 up 104.4% volatile
50 Australia and New Zealand 65,300 t 2024 up 104.4% volatile
52 Cambodia 51,000 t 2024 down 51.1% volatile
53 Angola 46,857 t 2024 up 240.5% volatile
54 Viet Nam 46,127 t 2024 down 70.5% volatile
55 Guatemala 45,000 t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
56 United Republic of Tanzania 42,738 t 2024 up 609.3% volatile
57 Rwanda 36,705 t 2024 up 105.0% volatile
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,579 t 2024 up 250.1% volatile
59 Republic of Moldova 31,555 t 2024 down 71.1% volatile
60 Nepal 28,520 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
61 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,401 t 2024 up 35.6% volatile
62 Belize 26,404 t 2024 up 581.0% volatile
63 Ecuador 24,711 t 2024 down 24.4% volatile
64 Mali 22,814 t 2024 up 948.9% volatile
65 Ethiopia PDR 21,000 t 1992 up 72.1% rising
66 Kenya 17,417 t 2024 up 635.5% volatile
67 Thailand 16,347 t 2024 down 72.0% volatile
68 Czechoslovakia 14,928 t 1992 volatile
69 Uzbekistan 12,606 t 2024 up 5,333.6% volatile
70 Slovenia 11,640 t 2024 up 1,012.8% volatile
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,057 t 2024 up 139.3% volatile
72 Spain 10,940 t 2024 up 312.8% volatile
73 Nicaragua 10,000 t 2023 up 40.9% volatile
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,879 t 2024 down 53.7% volatile
75 Switzerland 7,479 t 2024 up 92.7% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 6,196 t 2024 down 8.7% volatile
77 El Salvador 5,380 t 2024 up 8.6% volatile
78 China, Taiwan Province of 5,000 t 2024 up 326.3% volatile
79 Gabon 4,015 t 2024 down 5.3% volatile
80 Syrian Arab Republic 3,610 t 2024 up 1,091.4% volatile
81 Liberia 3,426 t 2024 up 1.9% rising
82 Kyrgyzstan 2,549 t 2024 up 321.3% volatile
83 Greece 2,490 t 2024 down 68.3% volatile
84 Peru 2,230 t 2024 up 5.3% volatile
85 Honduras 2,193 t 2024 down 0.3% volatile
86 Burundi 2,165 t 2024 down 40.6% volatile
87 Lithuania 2,040 t 2024 down 40.9% falling
88 Georgia 2,000 t 2024 down 0.8% volatile
89 Morocco 1,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
90 Timor-Leste 860.62 t 2024 down 12.6% falling
91 Albania 813.2 t 2024 up 132.3% volatile
92 Bulgaria 630 t 2024 down 14.4% volatile
93 Côte d'Ivoire 572.17 t 2024 up 40.5% volatile
94 Philippines 505.74 t 2024 down 27.2% volatile
95 Panama 96.32 t 2024 down 6.3% volatile
96 Bhutan 79.65 t 2024 down 73.6% volatile
97 North Macedonia 55.29 t 2024 down 62.9% volatile
98 Luxembourg 50 t 2024 rising
99 Madagascar 47.91 t 2024 up 2.4% volatile
100 Iraq 34.17 t 2024 up 36.1% volatile
101 Azerbaijan 29.73 t 2024 up 6.4% volatile
102 Tajikistan 20.75 t 2024 up 4.2% volatile
103 French Polynesia 11.47 t 2024 down 50.1% falling
103 Polynesia 11.47 t 2024 down 50.1% falling
105 Pakistan 3 t 2024 down 95.2% volatile
106 Suriname 2.35 t 2024 down 73.9% volatile
107 Chile 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
107 Costa Rica 0 t 1993 down 100.0% volatile
107 Cyprus 0 t 2024 flat
107 Denmark 0 t 2024 flat
107 Estonia 0 t 2024 flat
107 Finland 0 t 2024 flat
107 Guyana 0 t 1992 volatile
107 Ireland 0 t 2023 flat
107 Jordan 0 t 1995 volatile
107 Latvia 0 t 2024 flat
107 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
107 Malaysia 0 t 1991 down 100.0% volatile
107 New Zealand 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
107 Senegal 0 t 1992 volatile
107 French Guiana 0 t 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
Soya beans — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
152 places, 7,588 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.