Soya beans — Yield in India
India: Soya beans — Yield was 1,170 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in India stood at 1,170 kg/ha.
The figure is up 18.7% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in India peaked at 1,353 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 434.8 kg/ha, in 1965.
India ranks 69th of 98 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 454.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 454.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 444.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 444.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 434.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 434.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 444.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 444.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 437.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 437.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 437.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 823.5 kg/ha | +88.2% |
| 1973 | 812.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 761.2 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 978.5 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1976 | 984 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 938.5 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 977.1 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 568.5 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 1980 | 727 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1981 | 741.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 637.7 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 734.8 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 768.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 764.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 583.8 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1987 | 582.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 892.2 kg/ha | +53.2% |
| 1989 | 801.4 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 1,014 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1991 | 782.5 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1992 | 893.9 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 1,086 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 910.6 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 1,012 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 988.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 1,079 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 1,100 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,138 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 822.9 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2001 | 940 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 762.4 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2003 | 1,193 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 2004 | 908.2 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2005 | 1,073 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 1,063 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,235 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 1,042 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2009 | 1,024 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,326 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2011 | 1,208 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 1,353 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 1,012 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2014 | 950.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 738.5 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 1,177 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 2017 | 1,058 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 1,192 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 920.7 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2020 | 976.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 1,069 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 1,145 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 985.4 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 1,170 kg/ha | +18.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,170 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- India's 1,170 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 443.74 kg/ha | 434.8 kg/ha | 454.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 771.88 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha | 984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 723.3 kg/ha | 582.3 kg/ha | 892.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,001 kg/ha | 782.5 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,006 kg/ha | 762.4 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,094 kg/ha | 738.5 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,069 kg/ha | 976.2 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 66 Czechoslovakia 1,288 kg/ha compare
- 67 Nepal 1,265 kg/ha compare
- 68 Malawi 1,173 kg/ha compare
- 70 Mozambique 1,167 kg/ha compare
- 71 Burkina Faso 1,162 kg/ha compare
- 72 Angola 1,136 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in India?
- Soya beans — yield in India was 1,170 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,353 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 434.8 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does India rank for soya beans — yield?
- India ranks 69th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.