Soya beans — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Soya beans — Yield was 3,147 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 3,147 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Brazil peaked at 3,445 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 847.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
Brazil ranks 7th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,127 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 950.3 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 847.8 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1965 | 1,212 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1966 | 1,212 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,169 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 906.6 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1969 | 1,166 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 1,144 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 1,210 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 1,470 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1973 | 1,386 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 1,531 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 1,698 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 1,750 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,770 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,226 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1979 | 1,240 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 1,727 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1981 | 1,765 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,565 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1983 | 1,792 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 1,650 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,800 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1,452 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1987 | 1,860 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1988 | 1,712 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 1,971 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1990 | 1,732 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 1,553 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 2,035 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1993 | 2,124 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 2,163 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 2,200 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 2,249 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 2,298 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 2,353 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 2,372 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,403 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 2,710 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 2,574 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 2,803 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 2,300 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 2,230 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,380 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 2,813 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 2,816 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,636 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 2,948 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 3,121 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 2,637 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2013 | 2,928 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 2,866 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 3,029 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 2,905 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 3,378 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 3,390 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,185 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 3,276 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 3,445 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 2,955 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 3,425 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 3,147 kg/ha | -8.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 3,147 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 3,147 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,077 kg/ha | 847.8 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,443 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,729 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha | 1,971 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,108 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | 2,372 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,567 kg/ha | 2,230 kg/ha | 2,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,039 kg/ha | 2,637 kg/ha | 3,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,250 kg/ha | 2,955 kg/ha | 3,445 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 4 Canada 3,305 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 3,254 kg/ha compare
- 5 Polynesia 2,029 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,909 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uruguay 3,226 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,884 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 3,088 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
- 9 Paraguay 3,040 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 3,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Brazil?
- Soya beans — yield in Brazil was 3,147 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 3,445 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 847.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Brazil rank for soya beans — yield?
- Brazil ranks 7th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.