Soybean yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
104
Highest
4.33 tonnes per hectare
Uzbekistan
Lowest
0.3 tonnes per hectare
Guyana
Median
1.74 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
4,851
What the numbers show
Soybean yields is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 4.33 tonnes per hectare in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 0.3 tonnes per hectare in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.74 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 1.8 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 131.4%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 71.7%).
Soybean yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 4.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 2 | Turkey | 4.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Spain | 3.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 3.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 3.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 10 | Paraguay | 3.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 2.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 2.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 2.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Guatemala | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | France | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 20 | New Zealand | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 1986 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 2.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 26 | Croatia | 2.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 28 | Iran | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 30 | Albania | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 2.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 33 | Slovakia | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 38 | South Korea | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 40 | Syria | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 42 | China | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Honduras | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 47 | Lithuania | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 48 | Bolivia | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 85.1% | falling |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 39.9% | flat |
| 55 | Indonesia | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 56 | Russia | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 1992 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 57 | Taiwan | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Japan | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 61 | Thailand | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | Vietnam | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 63 | Belize | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.2% | flat |
| 64 | South Africa | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Philippines | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 70 | Nepal | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 71 | Moldova | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 72 | Tanzania | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Malawi | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 74 | India | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 75 | Mozambique | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 77 | North Korea | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 78 | Angola | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 81 | Zambia | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 82 | Myanmar | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 83 | Benin | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Togo | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 86 | Kenya | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 87 | Chile | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1982 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.8643 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Gabon | 0.8606 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 91 | Iraq | 0.8248 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 92 | East Timor | 0.7967 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 93 | Uganda | 0.7381 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 94 | Mali | 0.6387 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 95 | Madagascar | 0.6036 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 96 | Pakistan | 0.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0.5569 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5569 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0.5092 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 100 | Burundi | 0.4343 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 101 | Liberia | 0.4304 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 0.3404 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0.3333 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 0.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Guyana | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | 1977 | down 54.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.01 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.