Soya beans — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Soya beans — Production was 195,963 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Middle 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 Middle Africa is 195,963 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 277.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Middle Africa peaked at 195,963 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,180 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,180 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,322 t | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 1,420 t | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 2,200 t | +54.9% |
| 1965 | 2,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 2,060 t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 2,163 t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 1,500 t | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,700 t | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,900 t | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 1,700 t | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 1,800 t | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,700 t | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,600 t | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 6,600 t | +312.5% |
| 1978 | 7,815 t | +18.4% |
| 1979 | 7,892 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 8,186 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 8,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 9,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 5,100 t | -43.3% |
| 1984 | 5,400 t | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 6,276 t | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 11,040 t | +75.9% |
| 1987 | 11,541 t | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 14,987 t | +29.9% |
| 1989 | 16,288 t | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 18,334 t | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 18,957 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 20,492 t | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 22,838 t | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 23,492 t | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 24,900 t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 18,979 t | -23.8% |
| 1997 | 19,596 t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 16,161 t | -17.5% |
| 1999 | 18,085 t | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 20,144 t | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 21,445 t | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 23,818 t | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 24,614 t | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 25,859 t | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 26,951 t | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 28,903 t | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 33,934 t | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 42,589 t | +25.5% |
| 2009 | 38,191 t | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 40,154 t | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 43,297 t | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 41,293 t | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 49,001 t | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 51,919 t | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 61,103 t | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 82,481 t | +35.0% |
| 2017 | 119,514 t | +44.9% |
| 2018 | 123,355 t | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 131,654 t | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 160,822 t | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 185,156 t | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 165,391 t | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 183,812 t | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 195,963 t | +6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Production in Middle Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +312.5% | 1,600 t | 6,600 t |
| 1986 | +75.9% | 6,276 t | 11,040 t |
| 1983 | -43.3% | 9,000 t | 5,100 t |
| 1964 | +54.9% | 1,420 t | 2,200 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,761 t | 1,180 t | 2,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,431 t | 1,600 t | 7,892 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,632 t | 5,100 t | 16,288 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,183 t | 16,161 t | 24,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,645 t | 20,144 t | 42,589 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,377 t | 40,154 t | 131,654 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,229 t | 160,822 t | 195,963 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 180,000 t compare
- 6 Paraguay 11.10 million t compare
- 6 Türkiye 180,000 t compare
- 7 Canada 7.57 million t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 7.00 million t compare
- 8 Viet Nam 46,127 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Middle Africa?
- Soya beans — production in Middle Africa was 195,963 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 195,963 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,180 t in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for soya beans — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 277.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle 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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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.