Soya beans — Yield in Africa
Africa: Soya beans — Yield was 1,237 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,237 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Africa peaked at 1,474 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 348 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Africa 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 375.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 393.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 394.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 369.2 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 348 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 374.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 418.9 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 416.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 459.4 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 436.6 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 412.1 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 431.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 436.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 542.1 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 555.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 598.5 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 662.1 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 849.9 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1979 | 824.1 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 802.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 794.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 799.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 922.9 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1984 | 924 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,019 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 940.2 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 845.2 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 811.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 704.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 677.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 821.1 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1992 | 581.3 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1993 | 656.6 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 649.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 715.7 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 881.3 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1997 | 894.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,016 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 1,054 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1,052 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,076 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1,041 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 979.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 1,026 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1,090 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 1,122 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1,039 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 1,135 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 1,132 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,356 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 1,180 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 1,189 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1,150 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,320 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 1,241 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 1,119 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 1,329 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 1,278 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 1,155 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 1,272 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 1,429 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 1,474 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 1,468 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,237 kg/ha | -15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 394.51 kg/ha | 348 kg/ha | 459.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 574.87 kg/ha | 412.1 kg/ha | 849.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 856.33 kg/ha | 704.7 kg/ha | 1,019 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 794.74 kg/ha | 581.3 kg/ha | 1,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,069 kg/ha | 979.3 kg/ha | 1,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,232 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,376 kg/ha | 1,237 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 19 France 2,610 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 20 Czechia 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 21 New Zealand 2,593 kg/ha compare
- 22 Poland 2,586 kg/ha compare
- 23 Yugoslav SFR 2,578 kg/ha compare
- 24 Colombia 2,524 kg/ha compare
- 25 Luxembourg 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 25 Nicaragua 2,500 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Africa?
- Soya beans — yield in Africa was 1,237 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,474 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 348 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Africa rank for soya beans — yield?
- Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — Yield. 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.