Soya beans — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Soya beans — Yield was 1,635 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Thailand stood at 1,635 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,771 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 736.5 kg/ha, in 1977.
Thailand ranks 59th of 98 countries on this measure, 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,058 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,103 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 1,031 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 918.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1965 | 1,038 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 858.2 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1967 | 904.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 972.2 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 1,028 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 875 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1971 | 1,007 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1972 | 940.3 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 1,002 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 871.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 1,028 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 1,210 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1977 | 736.5 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1978 | 1,094 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 1979 | 1,018 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 949.8 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,052 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 1,124 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 1,149 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,275 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 1,264 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 1,113 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 1,318 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 1,338 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,300 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 1,369 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 1,399 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1,351 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 1,334 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 1,402 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,405 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,432 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,465 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 1,420 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,453 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,478 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,486 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,540 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,490 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 1,584 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 1,579 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,611 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,618 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,669 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,770 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 1,084 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 2012 | 1,290 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 1,731 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 2014 | 1,662 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,664 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,259 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2017 | 1,771 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2018 | 1,713 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,673 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,665 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,651 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,661 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,602 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 1,635 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1,635 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1,635 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,640 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +48.5% | 736.5 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 990.11 kg/ha | 858.2 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 978.05 kg/ha | 736.5 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,187 kg/ha | 949.8 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,388 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,551 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 1,669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,562 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 1,771 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,643 kg/ha | 1,602 kg/ha | 1,665 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Thailand?
- Soya beans — yield in Thailand was 1,635 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,771 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 736.5 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Thailand rank for soya beans — yield?
- Thailand ranks 59th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.