Soya beans — Yield in Mali
Mali: Soya beans — Yield was 638.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Yield in Mali, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Mali is 638.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Mali peaked at 1,736 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 418.1 kg/ha, in 2017.
Mali ranks 88th of 98 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,667 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 1,600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,667 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,688 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,695 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1,700 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,669 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,636 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 1,646 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,654 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,642 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 1,624 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,615 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,640 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,678 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,736 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 1,717 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,603 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 1,215 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2008 | 621.4 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 2009 | 627.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 688.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 716 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 722.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 721.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 644.6 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 539.1 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 643.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2017 | 418.1 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2018 | 481.3 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 615.4 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2020 | 655.7 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 713.8 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 587.8 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2023 | 602.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 638.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 638.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 688.4 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mali's 638.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Mali changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -48.8% | 1,215 kg/ha | 621.4 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -35.0% | 643.4 kg/ha | 418.1 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +27.9% | 481.3 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,607 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,666 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,408 kg/ha | 621.4 kg/ha | 1,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 619.06 kg/ha | 418.1 kg/ha | 722.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 639.66 kg/ha | 587.8 kg/ha | 713.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Mali?
- Soya beans — yield in Mali was 638.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1,736 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 418.1 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Mali rank for soya beans — yield?
- Mali ranks 88th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali 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.