Soya beans — Yield in Europe
Europe: Soya beans — Yield was 2,082 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 2,082 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Europe peaked at 2,316 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 330.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Europe 15th out of 27 groups 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 494.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 578.2 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1963 | 504.4 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1964 | 330.8 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1965 | 500.6 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 1966 | 702.1 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1967 | 655.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 637.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 540.4 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1970 | 734.2 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1971 | 694.9 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 450.7 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1973 | 691.2 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 1974 | 667.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1,140 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 1976 | 849.4 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1977 | 860.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 928.1 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 873.1 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 858.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 759.5 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1982 | 933.5 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1983 | 926.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 1,037 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 1,003 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 1,540 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1987 | 1,708 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 1,642 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 1,678 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 1,797 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 1,921 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 1,433 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1993 | 1,415 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,561 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 1,640 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 1,680 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 2,316 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1998 | 2,007 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 2,017 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,779 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 2,041 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 2,057 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,519 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 1,785 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 1,780 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,572 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 1,377 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 1,612 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 1,715 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 1,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,909 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 1,566 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2013 | 1,854 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2014 | 1,951 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 1,774 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 2,094 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 1,861 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 2,144 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 2,094 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,007 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 2,098 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,987 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 2,284 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 2,082 kg/ha | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 549.27 kg/ha | 330.8 kg/ha | 702.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 789 kg/ha | 450.7 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,209 kg/ha | 759.5 kg/ha | 1,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,779 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 2,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,724 kg/ha | 1,377 kg/ha | 2,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,900 kg/ha | 1,566 kg/ha | 2,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,091 kg/ha | 1,987 kg/ha | 2,284 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 13 Argentina 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,196 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,154 kg/ha compare
- 14 Serbia and Montenegro 2,811 kg/ha compare
- 15 Slovenia 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 16 Austria 2,776 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 556.9 kg/ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 2,667 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guatemala 2,647 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Europe?
- Soya beans — yield in Europe was 2,082 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,316 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 330.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Europe rank for soya beans — yield?
- Europe ranks 15th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.