Soya beans — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Soya beans — Yield was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in China, mainland stood at 2,001 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in China, mainland peaked at 2,001 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 624.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 41st out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 624.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 685.7 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 718 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 787.1 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 715.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 982.5 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1967 | 973.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 962.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 917.1 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 1,092 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1971 | 1,106 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 851.4 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1973 | 1,131 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1974 | 1,030 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1975 | 1,036 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 993.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 1,062 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 1,060 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 1,030 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 1,100 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,163 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 1,074 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 1,291 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1984 | 1,331 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 1,360 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1,443 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,434 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 1,269 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 1,455 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 1,380 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 1,427 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,619 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 1,735 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 1,661 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 1,770 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 1,765 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,782 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,789 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,656 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1,625 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,893 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 1,653 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 1,815 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 1,704 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 1,621 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 1,454 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 1,703 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 1,630 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 1,771 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 1,836 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,814 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,760 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,787 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,811 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,803 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,854 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,898 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,946 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 1,983 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,948 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,980 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,990 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,001 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 818.44 kg/ha | 624.3 kg/ha | 982.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,039 kg/ha | 851.4 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,287 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,638 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 1,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,675 kg/ha | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,828 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 1,946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,981 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 38 Republic of Korea 2,094 kg/ha compare
- 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,080 kg/ha compare
- 40 French Polynesia 2,029 kg/ha compare
- 42 China 2,001 kg/ha compare
- 43 Georgia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 43 Honduras 2,000 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in China, mainland?
- Soya beans — yield in China, mainland was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 624.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for soya beans — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 41st out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.