Soya beans — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Soya beans — Yield was 2,749 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Western Europe, 1973–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Western Europe is 2,749 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Western Europe peaked at 2,997 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,251 kg/ha, in 1974.
Western Europe ranks 9th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2,258 kg/ha | — |
| 1974 | 1,251 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1975 | 1,970 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1976 | 1,637 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 1,907 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 1,494 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1979 | 1,397 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 2,118 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 1981 | 2,159 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 2,112 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 2,200 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,068 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 2,051 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 2,043 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,598 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 2,435 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 2,278 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 2,081 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 2,440 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 1,775 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1993 | 2,387 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1994 | 2,488 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,539 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 2,579 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 2,683 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 2,546 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 2,684 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 2,520 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 2,502 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,744 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 1,952 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2004 | 2,521 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2005 | 2,578 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 2,651 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 2,578 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 2,871 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 2,602 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 2,742 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 2,876 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 2,773 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2,258 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 2,823 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 2,610 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 2,642 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,997 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 2,612 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 2,786 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 2,428 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2021 | 2,951 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2022 | 2,260 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2023 | 2,716 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 2,749 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,702 kg/ha | 1,251 kg/ha | 2,258 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 2,206 kg/ha | 2,043 kg/ha | 2,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,420 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,552 kg/ha | 1,952 kg/ha | 2,871 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,712 kg/ha | 2,258 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,621 kg/ha | 2,260 kg/ha | 2,951 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Western Europe?
- Soya beans — yield in Western Europe was 2,749 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,997 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,251 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Western Europe rank for soya beans — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.