Soya beans — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Soya beans — Yield was 864.3 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Yield in Bhutan, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 864.3 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.2% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Bhutan peaked at 3,529 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 577 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Bhutan 84th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 650 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 600 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 644.9 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 657.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 666.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 640 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 663.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 650 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 577 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 1,030 kg/ha | +78.4% |
| 1992 | 1,034 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,039 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1,044 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 1,049 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,053 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,058 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,045 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 835.8 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 641.1 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2001 | 666.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 657.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 1,478 kg/ha | +124.6% |
| 2005 | 3,529 kg/ha | +138.8% |
| 2006 | 1,097 kg/ha | -68.9% |
| 2007 | 760.9 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2008 | 680.8 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 810.1 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 733.6 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 1,568 kg/ha | +113.7% |
| 2012 | 1,404 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 879 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2014 | 1,052 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2015 | 1,031 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 1,153 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 579.9 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2018 | 704.4 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 680.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,068 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 2021 | 835.4 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2022 | 895.1 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 725.2 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2024 | 864.3 kg/ha | +19.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 864.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 864.3 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +138.8% | 1,478 kg/ha | 3,529 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +124.6% | 657.9 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +113.7% | 733.6 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 637.2 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 976.47 kg/ha | 577 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,099 kg/ha | 641.1 kg/ha | 3,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 978.66 kg/ha | 579.9 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 877.66 kg/ha | 725.2 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Bhutan?
- Soya beans — yield in Bhutan was 864.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,529 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 577 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Bhutan rank for soya beans — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 84th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.