Soya beans — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Soya beans — Yield was 2,744 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in European Union (27) stood at 2,744 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 3,230 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 468.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 10th 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 468.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 486.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 477.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 563.2 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1965 | 550.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 1,136 kg/ha | +106.4% |
| 1967 | 844.1 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1968 | 964.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 949 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,120 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 1,619 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1973 | 1,369 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 1,265 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 1,831 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1976 | 1,418 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1977 | 1,214 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1978 | 1,202 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,383 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 1,239 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 1,002 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1982 | 1,343 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1983 | 1,188 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 1,512 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1985 | 1,374 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 2,092 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1987 | 2,281 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 1,998 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1989 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 2,481 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1991 | 3,060 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1992 | 2,160 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1993 | 2,406 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 2,676 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 2,817 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 2,812 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,213 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 2,721 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 2,850 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 2,534 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 2,991 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 2,977 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,055 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2004 | 2,800 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2005 | 2,809 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,527 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 2,195 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 2,815 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 2,769 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 2,851 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 2,771 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 2,227 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 2,613 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2014 | 3,230 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2015 | 2,672 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 2,992 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 2,785 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 3,048 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 3,099 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,844 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 2,887 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,290 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 2,906 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2024 | 2,744 kg/ha | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 715.57 kg/ha | 468.2 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,352 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,602 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 2,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,720 kg/ha | 2,160 kg/ha | 3,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,647 kg/ha | 2,055 kg/ha | 2,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,829 kg/ha | 2,227 kg/ha | 3,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,734 kg/ha | 2,290 kg/ha | 2,906 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 7 Brazil 3,147 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
- 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 13 Argentina 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,196 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in European Union (27)?
- Soya beans — yield in European Union (27) was 2,744 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 3,230 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 468.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for soya beans — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.