Soya beans — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Soya beans — Production was 2.67 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2.67 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.4% on the previous year and up 129.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 3.12 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29,603 t, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th of 27 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.
Soya beans — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,603 t | — |
| 1962 | 40,157 t | +35.7% |
| 1963 | 44,759 t | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 38,723 t | -13.5% |
| 1965 | 34,244 t | -11.6% |
| 1966 | 38,906 t | +13.6% |
| 1967 | 42,266 t | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 44,075 t | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 47,212 t | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 49,313 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 48,096 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 56,248 t | +16.9% |
| 1973 | 58,261 t | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 56,934 t | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 61,474 t | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 73,023 t | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 100,624 t | +37.8% |
| 1978 | 154,771 t | +53.8% |
| 1979 | 178,663 t | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 169,314 t | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 229,138 t | +35.3% |
| 1982 | 277,716 t | +21.2% |
| 1983 | 248,533 t | -10.5% |
| 1984 | 232,384 t | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 245,419 t | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 240,353 t | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 265,458 t | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 281,934 t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 265,861 t | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 327,770 t | +23.3% |
| 1991 | 383,095 t | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 310,534 t | -18.9% |
| 1993 | 303,385 t | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 322,568 t | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 342,629 t | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 334,633 t | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 368,836 t | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 350,653 t | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 366,472 t | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 396,517 t | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 395,809 t | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 447,755 t | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 582,266 t | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 640,107 t | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 866,658 t | +35.4% |
| 2006 | 825,256 t | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 932,916 t | +13.0% |
| 2008 | 849,578 t | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 992,512 t | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 1.05 million t | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 930,235 t | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million t | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 1.14 million t | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 1.16 million t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million t | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 1.37 million t | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 1.62 million t | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 1.82 million t | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 1.89 million t | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2.09 million t | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 2.33 million t | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 2.66 million t | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 3.12 million t | +17.5% |
| 2024 | 2.67 million t | -14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,994 t | 29,603 t | 47,212 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,741 t | 48,096 t | 178,663 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 245,611 t | 169,314 t | 281,934 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 341,058 t | 303,385 t | 383,095 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 692,937 t | 395,809 t | 992,512 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 million t | 930,235 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.58 million t | 2.09 million t | 3.12 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 10 Republic of Moldova 31,555 t compare
- 10 Uruguay 3.06 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,401 t compare
- 11 South Africa 1.85 million t compare
- 12 Nigeria 1.15 million t compare
- 13 Italy 1.13 million t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,057 t compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,879 t compare
- 14 USSR 814,000 t compare
- 15 Benin 652,454 t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 3,610 t compare
- 16 France 398,540 t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 860.62 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Soya beans — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.67 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.12 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,603 t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for soya beans — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 129.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.