List of countries by soybean production

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Countries by soybean production in 2020

This is a list of countries by soybean production from 2016 to 2020, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The total world production for soybeans in 2020 was 353,463,735 metric tonnes, up 5.1% from 336,329,392 tonnes in 2019. [n 1] Brazil was the largest producer, accounting for 34% of world production, followed by the United States at 32%.

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Production by country

>1,000,000 tonnes

RankCountry20202019201820172016
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 121,797,712114,316,829117,912,450114,732,10196,394,820
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 112,549,24096,667,090120,514,490120,064,970116,931,500
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 48,796,66155,263,89137,787,92754,971,62658,799,258
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 19,600,00018,100,00015,967,10015,282,50012,788,894
5Flag of India.svg  India 11,226,00013,267,52010,932,97013,158,73013,159,000
6Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 11,024,4608,520,35011,045,97110,478,0009,163,030
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6,358,5006,145,0007,416,6007,716,6006,596,500
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4,307,5934,359,9564,026,8503,621,7123,142,693
9Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2,829,3562,990,8452,942,1312,671,0463,203,992
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2,797,6703,698,7104,460,7703,899,3704,276,990
11Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1,990,0002,828,0001,334,0003,212,0002,208,000
12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1,245,5001,170,3451,540,0001,316,000742,000
13Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1,040,000980,000953,571538,729859,653
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1,005,6301,042,8301,186,3501,019,7811,081,340

100,000–1,000,000 tonnes

RankCountry20202019201820172016
15Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 751,578700,502645,607461,272576,446
16Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 600,000700,000660,000993,955936,887
17Flag of France.svg  France 406,670428,530398,480415,202338,955
18Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 353,640440,120492,680393,495263,380
19Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 296,866281,389302,720351,416267,490
20Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 266,010244,280245,190207,765244,075
21Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 260,639282,185255,437252,319231,168
22Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 253,954257,000221,977164,761156,901
23Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 246,019232,680324,011432,927509,114
24Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 229,892263,920135,280223,325282,000
25Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 218,900217,800211,300253,000238,000
26Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 208,676125,623149,45586,46881,235
27Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 204,860217,780186,490193,416152,599
28Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 180,000168,000170,000168,000162,000
28Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 180,000170,000175,475208,556132,417
30Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 177,007184,653176,700170,490143,220
31Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 165,760169,570181,240179,282184,725
32Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 155,225150,000140,000140,000165,000
33Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 145,000141,939143,717145,465149,185
34Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 140,000150,000140,000130,000139,325
35Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 132,200119,660106,960102,44192,484
36Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 119,412114,05692,23180,10680,548
37Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 104,761110,78598,69996,92192,181

10,000–100,000 tonnes

RankCountry20202019201820172016
38Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 90,50084,10058,70066,00043,000
39Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 80,926105,34089,41085,64475,448
40Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 75,077117,000107,62428,09725,730
41Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 75,00055,00055,00050,00047,000
42Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 65,40577,26381,348101,856160,696
43Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 59,65623,46069,68836,47847,755
44Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 50,00036,26046,99736,38845,165
45Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 48,00051,70831,31418,50025,851
46Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 41,00039,00038,00038,00038,000
47Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 40,79737,35035,26636,00115,740
48Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 37,52631,56727,68129,06128,917
49Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 37,20223,75323,33211,74018,662
50Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 33,36064,23957,68446,52442,125
51Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 33,02027,84025,26037,01227,972
52Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 29,23126,28341,16542,82937,765
53Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 27,23839,51525,50435,00641,788
54Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 26,00025,04424,42722,15024,000
55Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 24,19523,05421,27026,42924,558
56Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 23,88622,95321,3216,1356,711
57Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 23,75524,52622,80923,93421,942
58Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17,32315,13628,90331,33529,403
59Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14,94015,54010,39020,29714,747
60Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 14,68510,4406,6935,80111,769
61Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 14,55011,8738,3807,96019,130
62Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 13,6707,81911,77613,0377,779
63Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 10,00010,0005,6935,6935,693

<10,000 tonnes

RankCountry20202019201820172016
64Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9,30622,2425,4077,8551,720
65Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7,8792,1972,50014,3639,830
66Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 7,46010,85811,3996,138232
67Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 6,2272,0861,7273,9013,550
68Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6,2007,5704,73020,00018,301
69Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5,2475,3503,7405,6424,500
70Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 5,0845,0765,1075,0695,052
71Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5,0204,2405,3307,7137,387
72Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4,6205,1704,3504,5992,869
73Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 4,4474,7764,4044,6743,061
74Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 4,2034,1484,0944,0473,857
75Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 3,4173,3923,3673,3463,157
76Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2,5712,6062,3872,1672,395
77Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2,5602,3103,450N/AN/A
78Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2,3962,3962,3982,5182,007
79Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2,3712,8352,8723,5121,240
80Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2,0002,0002,0002,0622,052
81Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1,8403,7202,5208,0999,465
82Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 1,7961,7751,8281,7841,713
83Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1,5381,4751,5301,5811,371
84Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1,4441,4552,1802,2102,200
85Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 978977975965968
86Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7277276997561,000
87Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 554659658666544
88Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 441605744500664
89Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 401401371581700
90Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 234171107204254
91Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15215281940
92Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 10010099100101
93Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 4646464746
94Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3333353231
95Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 30N/AN/AN/AN/A
96Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2930292933
97Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 2121212121
98Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 181885341
99Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1211777

Production by country per capita

Here's the top 10 country with the highest production of soybean per capita. [2]

RankCountry Kg per personRegion
1Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1,566.14 South America
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 849.27 South America
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 562.62 South America
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 380.49 South America
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 377.29 North America
6Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 260.19 South America
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 195.26 North America
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 105.54 Europe
9Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 92.21 Europe
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 58.48 Europe

Notes

  1. Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

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References

  1. "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 11 June 2022. Countries – Select All; Regions – World + (Total); Elements – Production Quantity; Items – Soybeans; Years – 2020 + 2019 + 2018 + 2017 + 2016
  2. World Soybean Production by Country