Soya beans — Yield in Germany
Germany: Soya beans — Yield was 3,254 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Germany, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Germany is 3,254 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 62.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Germany peaked at 3,474 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 2006.
Germany ranks 5th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2,466 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 1,979 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1991 | 2,392 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1992 | 3,000 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,066 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,190 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 2,601 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 1,958 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 1,534 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 1,500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 2,688 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 3,474 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2018 | 2,436 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2019 | 2,910 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 2,678 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 3,117 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2022 | 2,340 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2023 | 2,880 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 3,254 kg/ha | +13.0% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 3,254 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Germany's 3,254 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,466 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 2,223 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,356 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,326 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 3,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,854 kg/ha | 2,340 kg/ha | 3,254 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,590 kg/ha compare
- 2 Spain 3,506 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,439 kg/ha compare
- 3 Italy 3,343 kg/ha compare
- 4 Canada 3,305 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 2,063 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 Brazil 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,884 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 3,088 kg/ha
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Germany?
- Soya beans — yield in Germany was 3,254 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 3,474 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Germany rank for soya beans — yield?
- Germany ranks 5th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.