Soya beans — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Soya beans — Yield was 2,923 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Northern Africa, 1972–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 2,923 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 3,299 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 949.4 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Northern Africa 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1,136 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 949.4 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1974 | 1,135 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1975 | 1,346 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 1,601 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 1,904 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 2,283 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1979 | 2,514 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 2,657 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 2,817 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 2,964 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 2,642 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 2,698 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 2,765 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 2,815 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 2,681 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 2,531 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 2,357 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 2,469 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 2,553 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 2,485 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 2,439 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,716 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 2,321 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1996 | 2,601 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 2,508 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 2,401 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 2,451 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 2,408 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,509 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 2,703 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 3,194 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 2,894 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 3,250 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 2,836 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 3,028 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 3,116 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 2,865 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 2,732 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 2,919 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 3,299 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 3,239 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 3,149 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 3,132 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,191 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,694 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 2,808 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 2,781 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,747 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 2,942 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 3,091 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 2,934 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 2,923 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,609 kg/ha | 949.4 kg/ha | 2,514 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1980s | 2,693 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha | 2,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,494 kg/ha | 2,321 kg/ha | 2,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,880 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,994 kg/ha | 2,694 kg/ha | 3,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,927 kg/ha | 2,747 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 4 Canada 3,305 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 3,254 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 compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
- 9 Paraguay 3,040 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 3,000 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Northern Africa?
- Soya beans — yield in Northern Africa was 2,923 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,299 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 949.4 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Northern Africa rank for soya beans — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.