Soya beans — Production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Soya beans — Production was 3 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 3 t for soya beans — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 57.1% on the previous year and down 95.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Pakistan peaked at 8,229 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3 t, in 2024.
Pakistan ranks 92nd of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Production in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 t | — |
| 1962 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 t | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 550 t | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 550 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 650 t | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 750 t | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 850 t | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 900 t | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 927 t | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 932 t | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,159 t | +24.4% |
| 1974 | 1,002 t | -13.5% |
| 1975 | 443 t | -55.8% |
| 1976 | 403 t | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 615 t | +52.6% |
| 1978 | 1,290 t | +109.8% |
| 1979 | 1,755 t | +36.0% |
| 1980 | 1,326 t | -24.4% |
| 1981 | 1,342 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 1,535 t | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 1,350 t | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 1,571 t | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 1,602 t | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 2,585 t | +61.4% |
| 1987 | 3,775 t | +46.0% |
| 1988 | 1,526 t | -59.6% |
| 1989 | 1,169 t | -23.4% |
| 1990 | 849 t | -27.4% |
| 1991 | 946 t | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 1,327 t | +40.3% |
| 1993 | 2,373 t | +78.8% |
| 1994 | 5,298 t | +123.3% |
| 1995 | 7,228 t | +36.4% |
| 1996 | 2,694 t | -62.7% |
| 1997 | 7,311 t | +171.4% |
| 1998 | 8,229 t | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 1,544 t | -81.2% |
| 2000 | 1,537 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,404 t | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 1,266 t | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 351 t | -72.3% |
| 2004 | 371 t | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 264 t | -28.8% |
| 2006 | 421 t | +59.5% |
| 2007 | 32 t | -92.4% |
| 2008 | 29 t | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 31 t | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 51 t | +64.5% |
| 2011 | 89 t | +74.5% |
| 2012 | 64 t | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 65 t | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 63 t | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 22 t | -65.1% |
| 2016 | 40 t | +81.8% |
| 2017 | 19 t | -52.5% |
| 2018 | 28 t | +47.4% |
| 2019 | 15 t | -46.4% |
| 2020 | 201 t | +1240.0% |
| 2021 | 48 t | -76.1% |
| 2022 | 9 t | -81.2% |
| 2023 | 7 t | -22.2% |
| 2024 | 3 t | -57.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 3 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 48,928 t, 0% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 3 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 18.59 t, 16% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Production in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +1240.0% | 15 t | 201 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 577.78 t | 450 t | 850 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 942.6 t | 403 t | 1,755 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,778 t | 1,169 t | 3,775 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,780 t | 849 t | 8,229 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 570.6 t | 29 t | 1,537 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.6 t | 15 t | 89 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.6 t | 3 t | 201 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 89 Azerbaijan 29.73 t compare
- 90 Tajikistan 20.75 t compare
- 91 French Polynesia 11.47 t compare
- 93 Suriname 2.35 t compare
- 94 Chile 0 t compare
- 94 Costa Rica 0 t compare
- 94 Cyprus 0 t
- 94 Denmark 0 t
- 94 Estonia 0 t
- 94 Finland 0 t
- 94 French Guiana 0 t compare
- 94 Guyana 0 t compare
- 94 Ireland 0 t
- 94 Jordan 0 t compare
- 94 Latvia 0 t
- 94 Malaysia 0 t compare
- 94 Malta 0 t
- 94 New Zealand 0 t compare
- 94 Senegal 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in Pakistan?
- Soya beans — production in Pakistan was 3 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 8,229 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 t in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for soya beans — production?
- Pakistan ranks 92nd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.