Soyabeans — Processing by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Soyabeans — Processing is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 98,806 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Latvia.
The median across all reporting countries is 116 1000 t, and the mean is 3,894 1000 t.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 14,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Soyabeans — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 98,806 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 96,467 1000 t | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 62,928 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 54,094 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 5 | Argentina | 29,975 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 6 | India | 9,768 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 5,808 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.9% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 5,808 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.9% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 5,243 1000 t | 2023 | up 142.8% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3,300 1000 t | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 3,271 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 3,262 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 3,159 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 3,049 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,764 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 2,749 1000 t | 2023 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,603 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,537.1% | volatile |
| 18 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,339 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 2,204 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 2,018 1000 t | 2023 | up 230.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1,787 1000 t | 2023 | up 155.3% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 1,777 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 23 | Turkey | 1,745 1000 t | 2023 | up 219.6% | rising |
| 23 | Türkiye | 1,745 1000 t | 2023 | up 219.6% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 1,428 1000 t | 2023 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Vietnam | 1,172 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 1,172 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 1,052 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 991 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 858 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 858 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 32 | Nigeria | 781 1000 t | 2023 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 704 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 648 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 35 | France | 537 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 36 | Malaysia | 536 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 37 | Tunisia | 505 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 496 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 490 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 40 | Pakistan | 452 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Norway | 381 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 42 | Zambia | 363 1000 t | 2023 | up 327.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Belarus | 299 1000 t | 2023 | up 14,850.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 292 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 278 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 46 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 271 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Romania | 257 1000 t | 2023 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Greece | 195 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 49 | Poland | 189 1000 t | 2023 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 172 1000 t | 2023 | up 309.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 157 1000 t | 2023 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 52 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 151 1000 t | 2018 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 137 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 54 | Philippines | 133 1000 t | 2023 | up 411.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 116 1000 t | 2023 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 56 | Belgium | 115 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Malawi | 111 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Lebanon | 110 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Uruguay | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 235.5% | rising |
| 60 | Cameroon | 96 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Cuba | 89 1000 t | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 62 | Myanmar | 87 1000 t | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 63 | Uganda | 82 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Caribbean | 72 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 68 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 54 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 53 1000 t | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 68 | Czechia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 68 | Slovakia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 194.1% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 42 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 70 | Australia and New Zealand | 42 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 72 | Guatemala | 40 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 72 | Morocco | 40 1000 t | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 33 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 33 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.3% | flat |
| 79 | Mozambique | 27 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Barbados | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 81 | Belize | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Georgia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Ireland | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Finland | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Switzerland | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 87 | Ecuador | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Denmark | 10 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Peru | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 94 | Syria | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Gabon | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Moldova | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 100 | Laos | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Kuwait | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Latvia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 318,573 1000 t
- Americas 162,098 1000 t
- Asia 125,106 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 102,454 1000 t
- South America 91,727 1000 t
- Northern America 64,706 1000 t
- United States of America 62,928 1000 t
- Europe 24,715 1000 t
- European Union (27) 15,041 1000 t
- Southern Asia 14,378 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 8,591 1000 t
- Southern Europe 8,061 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7,534 1000 t
- Western Europe 6,762 1000 t
- Africa 6,613 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6,023 1000 t
- Central America 5,593 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4,709 1000 t
- Western Asia 3,399 1000 t
- Northern Africa 2,749 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,455 1000 t
- Southern Africa 2,018 1000 t
- Northern Europe 1,300 1000 t
- Western Africa 1,040 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 827 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 705 1000 t
- Central Asia 166 1000 t
- Middle Africa 101 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 93 1000 t
- Oceania 42 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.