Soya beans — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Soya beans — Yield is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 4,326 kg/ha in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 300 kg/ha in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,851 kg/ha, and the mean is 1,824 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 131.4%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 71.7%).
Soya beans — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 4,326 kg/ha | 2024 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 4,118 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 2 | Spain | 3,506 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,590 kg/ha | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 3,343 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,439 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 3,305 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,063 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 3,254 kg/ha | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 5 | Polynesia | 2,029 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 3,226 kg/ha | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,909 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3,147 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,884 kg/ha | 2024 | up 85.1% | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,088 kg/ha | 1992 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 1,627 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 9 | Paraguay | 3,040 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 3,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 2,968 kg/ha | 2024 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,968 kg/ha | 2024 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 1,219 kg/ha | 2024 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 2,945 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,196 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2,811 kg/ha | 2005 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,154 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 2,791 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 2,776 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 796.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 2,667 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 556.9 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 18 | Guatemala | 2,647 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | France | 2,610 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 2,600 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,465 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 2,593 kg/ha | 1986 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 2,586 kg/ha | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 23 | Yugoslav SFR | 2,578 kg/ha | 1991 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 2,524 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 2,500 kg/ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 2,500 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 2,477 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 2,445 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,416 kg/ha | 2024 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 30 | Albania | 2,404 kg/ha | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 2,306 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 2,282 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 33 | Slovakia | 2,252 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 2,206 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 2,169 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 2,120 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 2,096 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 2,094 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,080 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 40 | French Polynesia | 2,029 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 41 | China, mainland | 2,001 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 42 | China | 2,001 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 2,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Honduras | 2,000 kg/ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 1,936 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 1,927 kg/ha | 2024 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 47 | Lithuania | 1,924 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 1,867 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 49 | Ghana | 1,862 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 1,840 kg/ha | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 1,753 kg/ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 1,723 kg/ha | 2024 | up 39.9% | flat |
| 53 | Indonesia | 1,705 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 1,695 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 1,667 kg/ha | 1992 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 55 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,667 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | Japan | 1,640 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | 1,638 kg/ha | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 1,635 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 1,619 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.2% | flat |
| 61 | South Africa | 1,606 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 1,583 kg/ha | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 1,457 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 1,360 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 65 | Ecuador | 1,318 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Czechoslovakia | 1,288 kg/ha | 1992 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 67 | Nepal | 1,265 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 68 | Malawi | 1,173 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 69 | India | 1,170 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 70 | Mozambique | 1,167 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | 1,162 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Angola | 1,136 kg/ha | 2024 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 73 | Suriname | 1,110 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 1,086 kg/ha | 2024 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 75 | Zambia | 1,075 kg/ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 76 | Myanmar | 1,061 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 1,022 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 1,018 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Togo | 1,009 kg/ha | 2024 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 80 | USSR | 1,007 kg/ha | 1991 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 81 | Kenya | 1,007 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 1,000 kg/ha | 1982 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Bhutan | 864.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Gabon | 860.6 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 86 | Iraq | 824.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 87 | Uganda | 738.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 88 | Mali | 638.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 89 | Madagascar | 603.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 90 | Pakistan | 600 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 556.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Rwanda | 509.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 93 | Burundi | 434.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 94 | Liberia | 430.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 95 | Panama | 340.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 96 | Malaysia | 333.3 kg/ha | 1990 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 330 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Guyana | 300 kg/ha | 1977 | down 54.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Asia 3,988 kg/ha
- United States of America 3,412 kg/ha
- Northern America 3,406 kg/ha
- Americas 3,181 kg/ha
- South America 3,062 kg/ha
- Oceania 2,968 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 2,923 kg/ha
- World 2,778 kg/ha
- Western Europe 2,749 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,589 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 2,744 kg/ha
- Asia 1,548 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 2,613 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,430 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 1,199 kg/ha
- Central Asia 2,162 kg/ha
- Central America 2,121 kg/ha
- Europe 2,082 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,093 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 2,005 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 1,984 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 1,924 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 1,606 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 1,428 kg/ha
- Africa 1,237 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 1,181 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 1,172 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,117 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,112 kg/ha
- Western Africa 1,068 kg/ha
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.