Soya beans — Yield in Spain
Spain: Soya beans — Yield was 3,506 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Spain, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Spain stood at 3,506 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Spain peaked at 3,506 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,235 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Spain 2nd out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,494 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 1,235 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1972 | 1,292 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 1,698 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1974 | 1,565 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 1,801 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1976 | 1,483 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1977 | 1,909 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1978 | 1,914 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,764 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 1,932 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 1,375 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 1,996 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1983 | 1,985 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 1,745 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1985 | 2,302 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 2,297 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 2,118 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 2,285 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 2,563 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 2,425 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 2,622 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 2,018 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1993 | 1,546 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 1,805 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1995 | 1,798 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,974 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 2,198 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 2,073 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 2,286 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 2,187 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 2,680 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2002 | 2,667 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,290 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 2,662 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 2,491 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 2,411 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 2,674 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 2,980 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 2,219 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2010 | 2,366 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 2,489 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 2,771 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 2,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,292 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 3,118 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 2,883 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 2,718 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 2,939 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 3,293 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 3,186 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 3,038 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 2,850 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 3,143 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 3,506 kg/ha | +11.5% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,506 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Spain's 3,506 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,615 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 1,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,060 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 2,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,075 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 2,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,526 kg/ha | 2,187 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,867 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 3,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,145 kg/ha | 2,850 kg/ha | 3,506 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 1 Türkiye 4,118 kg/ha compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 4,326 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,590 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,439 kg/ha compare
- 3 Italy 3,343 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Spain?
- Soya beans — yield in Spain was 3,506 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 3,506 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,235 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Spain rank for soya beans — yield?
- Spain ranks 2nd out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.