Soya beans — Production in World
World: Soya beans — Production was 397.67 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — production in World stood at 397.67 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in World peaked at 397.67 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.88 million t, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26.88 million t | — |
| 1962 | 27.12 million t | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 28.21 million t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 29.08 million t | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 31.70 million t | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 36.41 million t | +14.8% |
| 1967 | 37.93 million t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 41.42 million t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 41.97 million t | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 43.70 million t | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 45.62 million t | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 47.26 million t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 59.27 million t | +25.4% |
| 1974 | 52.64 million t | -11.2% |
| 1975 | 64.25 million t | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 57.40 million t | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 73.85 million t | +28.7% |
| 1978 | 75.45 million t | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 88.70 million t | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 81.04 million t | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 88.53 million t | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 92.12 million t | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 79.47 million t | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 90.75 million t | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 101.16 million t | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 94.45 million t | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 100.10 million t | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 93.52 million t | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 107.25 million t | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 108.46 million t | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 102.85 million t | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 113.99 million t | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 115.25 million t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 136.36 million t | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 126.92 million t | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 130.17 million t | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 144.32 million t | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 160.13 million t | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 157.81 million t | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 161.31 million t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 177.02 million t | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 180.95 million t | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 190.57 million t | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 205.55 million t | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 214.54 million t | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 221.55 million t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 219.79 million t | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 231.22 million t | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 223.38 million t | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 265.09 million t | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 261.62 million t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 241.38 million t | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 277.68 million t | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 306.29 million t | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 323.31 million t | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 335.98 million t | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 357.42 million t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 347.66 million t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 334.32 million t | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 357.35 million t | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 373.11 million t | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 355.76 million t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 370.88 million t | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 397.67 million t | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.41 million t | 26.88 million t | 41.97 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 60.81 million t | 43.70 million t | 88.70 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 92.84 million t | 79.47 million t | 107.25 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 129.63 million t | 102.85 million t | 160.13 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 202.59 million t | 161.31 million t | 231.22 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 305.07 million t | 241.38 million t | 357.42 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 370.95 million t | 355.76 million t | 397.67 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Brazil 144.47 million t compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — production in World?
- Soya beans — production in World was 397.67 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 397.67 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.88 million t in 1961.
- How does World rank for soya beans — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.