Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Soya beans — Yield was 1,199 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,199 kg/ha
Change on year
up 3.1%
Rank
12th
of 17 groups
All-time high
1,199 kg/ha
in 2024
All-time low
461.1 kg/ha
in 2012
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Soya beans — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961 to 2024.
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.

YearChange FromTo
1997 +39.4% 547.3 kg/ha 763.1 kg/ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 9 Paraguay 3,040 kg/ha compare
  2. 10 Egypt 3,000 kg/ha compare
  3. 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
  4. 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
  5. 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 kg/ha compare
  6. 13 Argentina 2,945 kg/ha compare
  7. 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,196 kg/ha compare
  8. 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,154 kg/ha compare
  9. 14 Serbia and Montenegro 2,811 kg/ha compare
  10. 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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Indicator
Soya beans — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 6,814 data points, 1961–2024
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