Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Soya beans — Yield was 1,199 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 1,199 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 89.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 1,199 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 461.1 kg/ha, in 2012.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 590 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 661 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 710 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 733.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 686.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 721 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 689.7 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 714.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 842.1 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1971 | 850 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 826.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 809.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 818.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 739.1 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 761.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 666.7 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 852.2 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1979 | 830.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 763.6 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 776.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 775.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 750 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 739.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 747.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 772 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 744.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 886.8 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1989 | 852.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 856.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 845.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 857.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 855.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 854.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 773.4 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 547.3 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1997 | 763.1 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1998 | 542.9 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1999 | 557.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 528.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 522.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 512.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 512.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 522 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 525.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 531 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 634 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 685.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 568.4 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 572.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 588.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 461.1 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2013 | 607.1 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2014 | 632.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 684.6 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 805.8 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 960.9 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2018 | 976.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 976 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,092 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 1,171 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 1,110 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 1,162 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 1,199 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +39.4% | 547.3 kg/ha | 763.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 685.86 kg/ha | 590 kg/ha | 733.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 799.65 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 852.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 780.88 kg/ha | 739.7 kg/ha | 886.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 745.28 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 857.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 554.24 kg/ha | 512.7 kg/ha | 685.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 726.5 kg/ha | 461.1 kg/ha | 976.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,092 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Middle Africa?
- Soya beans — yield in Middle Africa was 1,199 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,199 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 461.1 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Middle Africa rank for soya beans — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 12th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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