Soya beans — Yield in Romania
Romania: Soya beans — Yield was 2,169 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 2,169 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Romania peaked at 2,908 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 336 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Romania 35th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 460 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 360.4 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1963 | 336 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 509.4 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 1965 | 482.1 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 1,131 kg/ha | +134.7% |
| 1967 | 843.2 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1968 | 965.2 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1969 | 947.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 1,144 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1971 | 1,123 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 1,708 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1973 | 1,336 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1974 | 1,249 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 1,762 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 1976 | 1,372 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1977 | 1,119 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1978 | 1,135 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,267 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 1,196 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 866.2 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1982 | 1,118 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1983 | 942.8 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1984 | 1,391 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1985 | 964.6 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1986 | 1,229 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1987 | 1,007 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1988 | 713.5 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1989 | 593.3 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1990 | 742.1 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1991 | 1,654 kg/ha | +122.9% |
| 1992 | 761.9 kg/ha | -53.9% |
| 1993 | 1,270 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1994 | 1,552 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 1,470 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 1,410 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 2,003 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1998 | 1,391 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1999 | 1,872 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2000 | 765.9 kg/ha | -59.1% |
| 2001 | 1,672 kg/ha | +118.3% |
| 2002 | 2,091 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 1,840 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2004 | 2,660 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 2005 | 2,392 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 1,943 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 1,245 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2008 | 1,963 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 2009 | 1,746 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 2,364 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2011 | 1,985 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 1,339 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 2013 | 2,224 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 2014 | 2,559 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 2,071 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 2,104 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,390 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 2,908 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2019 | 2,783 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 2,018 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2021 | 2,634 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2022 | 1,903 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 2,265 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 2,169 kg/ha | -4.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 2,169 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Romania's 2,169 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 670.62 kg/ha | 336 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,322 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,002 kg/ha | 593.3 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,413 kg/ha | 742.1 kg/ha | 2,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,832 kg/ha | 765.9 kg/ha | 2,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,273 kg/ha | 1,339 kg/ha | 2,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,198 kg/ha | 1,903 kg/ha | 2,634 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 32 Switzerland 2,282 kg/ha compare
- 33 Slovakia 2,252 kg/ha compare
- 34 Peru 2,206 kg/ha compare
- 36 Mexico 2,120 kg/ha compare
- 37 Kazakhstan 2,096 kg/ha compare
- 38 Republic of Korea 2,094 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Romania?
- Soya beans — yield in Romania was 2,169 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,908 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 336 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Romania rank for soya beans — yield?
- Romania ranks 35th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.