Soya beans — Production in Asia
Asia: Soya beans — Production was 37.62 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — production in Asia stood at 37.62 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Asia peaked at 37.62 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.29 million t, in 1965.
Asia ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.51 million t | 7.29 million t | 9.49 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.21 million t | 7.81 million t | 10.01 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.51 million t | 10.02 million t | 16.36 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.26 million t | 15.37 million t | 25.04 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.88 million t | 23.16 million t | 28.18 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.54 million t | 23.14 million t | 31.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.18 million t | 31.20 million t | 37.62 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Asia?
- Soya beans — production in Asia was 37.62 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 37.62 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.29 million t in 1965.
- How does Asia rank for soya beans — production?
- Asia ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.