Soya beans — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Soya beans — Yield was 1,110 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Soya beans — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Suriname is 1,110 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Suriname peaked at 1,452 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 519.2 kg/ha, in 1987.
Suriname ranks 73rd of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Soya beans — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 772.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 671.9 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 1,414 kg/ha | +110.5% |
| 1965 | 1,138 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1966 | 1,452 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1967 | 1,419 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,430 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1970 | 966.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 952.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 973.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 1,326 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 838.7 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1977 | 1,042 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 1,210 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1979 | 810.8 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1980 | 697.7 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1982 | 625 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 660.4 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1987 | 519.2 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 530.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 636.4 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1990 | 532.3 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 858.7 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 1992 | 780.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 785.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 745.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 666.7 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 950 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1997 | 820 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 900 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 800 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 735.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 833.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 904.3 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 857.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 1,375 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2010 | 1,400 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 846.2 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2022 | 1,185 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 1,112 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 1,110 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 1,110 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 1,110 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +110.5% | 671.9 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,122 kg/ha | 671.9 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,012 kg/ha | 810.8 kg/ha | 1,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 766.93 kg/ha | 519.2 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 783.97 kg/ha | 532.3 kg/ha | 950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 970.5 kg/ha | 735.3 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,025 kg/ha | 846.2 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,131 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Suriname?
- Soya beans — yield in Suriname was 1,110 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,452 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 519.2 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Suriname rank for soya beans — yield?
- Suriname ranks 73rd out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Suriname 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.