Soya beans — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Soya beans — Production was 1.11 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — production in Eastern Africa is 1.11 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.7% on the previous year and up 92.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.62 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,002 t, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 21st of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,830 t | 10,002 t | 18,259 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,658 t | 28,645 t | 111,262 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 132,692 t | 107,166 t | 195,971 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 225,514 t | 176,494 t | 265,643 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 357,599 t | 285,406 t | 536,809 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 666,741 t | 356,060 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.62 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Eastern Africa?
- Soya beans — production in Eastern Africa was 1.11 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,002 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for soya beans — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 21st out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.