Soya beans — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Soya beans — Production was 118.84 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — production in United States of America is 118.84 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in United States of America peaked at 121.50 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18.21 million t, in 1962.
United States of America ranks 5th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18.47 million t | — |
| 1962 | 18.21 million t | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 19.03 million t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 19.08 million t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 23.01 million t | +20.6% |
| 1966 | 25.27 million t | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 26.57 million t | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 30.13 million t | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 30.84 million t | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 30.68 million t | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 32.01 million t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 34.58 million t | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 42.12 million t | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 33.10 million t | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 42.14 million t | +27.3% |
| 1976 | 35.07 million t | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 48.10 million t | +37.1% |
| 1978 | 50.86 million t | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 61.53 million t | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 48.92 million t | -20.5% |
| 1981 | 54.44 million t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 59.61 million t | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 44.52 million t | -25.3% |
| 1984 | 50.65 million t | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 57.13 million t | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 52.87 million t | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 52.74 million t | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 42.15 million t | -20.1% |
| 1989 | 52.35 million t | +24.2% |
| 1990 | 52.42 million t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 54.06 million t | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 59.61 million t | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 50.89 million t | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 68.44 million t | +34.5% |
| 1995 | 59.17 million t | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 64.78 million t | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 73.18 million t | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 74.60 million t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 72.22 million t | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 75.06 million t | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 78.67 million t | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 75.01 million t | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 66.78 million t | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 85.02 million t | +27.3% |
| 2005 | 83.51 million t | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 87.00 million t | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 72.86 million t | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 80.75 million t | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 91.47 million t | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 90.66 million t | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 84.29 million t | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 82.79 million t | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 91.39 million t | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 106.88 million t | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 106.95 million t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 116.93 million t | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 120.06 million t | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 120.51 million t | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 96.67 million t | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 114.75 million t | +18.7% |
| 2021 | 121.50 million t | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 116.22 million t | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 113.27 million t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 118.84 million t | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.40 million t | 18.21 million t | 30.84 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.02 million t | 30.68 million t | 61.53 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.54 million t | 42.15 million t | 59.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.94 million t | 50.89 million t | 74.60 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.61 million t | 66.78 million t | 91.47 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.71 million t | 82.79 million t | 120.51 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.92 million t | 113.27 million t | 121.50 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 2 Argentina 48.21 million t compare
- 3 China 20.66 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 20.65 million t compare
- 5 India 15.13 million 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 United States of America?
- Soya beans — production in United States of America was 118.84 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 121.50 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.21 million t in 1962.
- How does United States of America rank for soya beans — production?
- United States of America ranks 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.