Soya beans — Production in Americas
Americas: Soya beans — Production was 337.10 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — production in Americas stood at 337.10 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Americas peaked at 337.10 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.83 million t, in 1962.
Americas ranks 2nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18.97 million t | — |
| 1962 | 18.83 million t | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 19.60 million t | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 19.71 million t | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 23.90 million t | +21.3% |
| 1966 | 26.30 million t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 27.76 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 31.46 million t | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 32.57 million t | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 32.89 million t | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 34.86 million t | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 38.84 million t | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 48.61 million t | +25.2% |
| 1974 | 42.56 million t | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 53.92 million t | +26.7% |
| 1976 | 47.96 million t | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 63.64 million t | +32.7% |
| 1978 | 64.30 million t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 77.65 million t | +20.8% |
| 1980 | 69.43 million t | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 75.54 million t | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 79.12 million t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 65.59 million t | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 76.01 million t | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 85.31 million t | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 76.23 million t | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 80.33 million t | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 73.38 million t | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 87.42 million t | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 87.38 million t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 83.84 million t | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 94.03 million t | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 89.59 million t | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 110.76 million t | +23.6% |
| 1995 | 102.83 million t | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 106.12 million t | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 117.37 million t | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 131.67 million t | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 130.34 million t | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 135.18 million t | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 150.13 million t | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 154.40 million t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 162.17 million t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 175.10 million t | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 182.69 million t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 189.79 million t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 189.60 million t | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 198.87 million t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 190.52 million t | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 227.89 million t | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 224.63 million t | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 203.42 million t | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 242.92 million t | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 269.60 million t | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 287.92 million t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 293.99 million t | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 314.47 million t | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 299.47 million t | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 287.19 million t | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 308.03 million t | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 324.82 million t | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 299.81 million t | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 312.47 million t | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 337.10 million t | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.34 million t | 18.83 million t | 32.57 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 50.52 million t | 32.89 million t | 77.65 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.83 million t | 65.59 million t | 87.42 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 105.39 million t | 83.84 million t | 131.67 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 172.84 million t | 135.18 million t | 198.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 265.15 million t | 203.42 million t | 314.47 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 316.45 million t | 299.81 million t | 337.10 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Brazil 144.47 million t compare
- 2 Argentina 48.21 million t compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.22 million t compare
- 3 China 20.66 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 20.65 million t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 200,000 t compare
- 5 India 15.13 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Americas?
- Soya beans — production in Americas was 337.10 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 337.10 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.83 million t in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for soya beans — production?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.