# List of countries by soybean production

This is a list of countries by soybean production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world production for soybeans in 2022 was 348,856,427 metric tonnes, down 6.4% from 372,853,699 tonnes in 2021. Brazil was the largest producer, accounting for 35% of world production, followed by the United States at 33%.

## Production by country

| Country | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Brazil | 120,701,031 | 134,799,179 | 121,820,949 | 114,316,829 | 117,912,450 | 114,732,101 | 96,394,820 |
| United States | 116,377,000 | 121,527,780 | 114,748,940 | 96,667,090 | 120,514,490 | 120,064,970 | 116,931,500 |
| Argentina | 43,861,066 | 46,217,911 | 48,780,407 | 55,263,891 | 37,787,927 | 54,971,626 | 58,799,258 |
| China | 20,280,000 | 16,400,000 | 19,600,000 | 18,100,000 | 15,967,100 | 15,282,500 | 12,788,894 |
| India | 12,986,720 | 12,610,300 | 11,225,850 | 13,267,520 | 10,932,970 | 13,158,730 | 13,159,000 |
| Canada | 6,543,158 | 6,224,029 | 6,358,500 | 6,145,000 | 7,416,600 | 7,716,600 | 6,596,500 |
| Russia | 6,003,153 | 4,759,908 | 4,307,593 | 4,359,956 | 4,026,850 | 3,621,712 | 3,142,693 |
| Paraguay | 4,532,103 | 10,537,080 | 11,024,460 | 8,520,350 | 11,045,971 | 10,478,000 | 9,163,030 |
| Bolivia | 3,457,144 | 3,318,169 | 2,829,356 | 2,990,845 | 2,942,131 | 2,671,046 | 3,203,992 |
| Ukraine | 3,443,800 | 3,493,200 | 2,797,670 | 3,698,710 | 4,460,770 | 3,899,370 | 4,276,990 |
| South Africa | 1,148,300 | 1,897,000 | 1,245,500 | 1,170,345 | 1,540,000 | 1,316,000 | 742,000 |
| Nigeria | 1,060,000 | 1,166,050 | 1,262,280 | 800,000 | 660,000 | 993,955 | 936,887 |
| Italy | 943,400 | 923,470 | 1,005,630 | 1,042,830 | 1,186,350 | 1,019,781 | 1,081,340 |
| Uruguay | 647,830 | 1,707,000 | 1,990,000 | 2,828,000 | 1,334,000 | 3,212,000 | 2,208,000 |
| Zambia | 475,353 | 411,115 | 296,866 | 281,389 | 302,720 | 351,416 | 267,490 |
| Serbia | 398,556 | 540,205 | 751,578 | 700,502 | 645,607 | 461,272 | 576,446 |
| France | 375,820 | 439,350 | 406,810 | 428,530 | 398,480 | 415,202 | 338,955 |
| Benin | 306,198 | 291,279 | 253,954 | 257,000 | 221,977 | 164,761 | 156,901 |
| Indonesia | 301,000 | 215,000 | 291,000 | 424,000 | 953,571 | 538,729 | 859,653 |
| Romania | 258,530 | 367,740 | 340,820 | 440,120 | 492,680 | 393,495 | 263,380 |
| Kazakhstan | 250,385 | 237,845 | 260,639 | 282,185 | 255,437 | 252,319 | 231,168 |
| Austria | 248,420 | 237,830 | 204,860 | 217,780 | 186,490 | 193,416 | 152,599 |
| Japan | 242,800 | 246,500 | 218,900 | 217,800 | 211,300 | 253,000 | 238,000 |
| Mexico | 241,371 | 288,203 | 246,019 | 232,680 | 324,011 | 432,927 | 509,114 |
| Togo | 236,450 | 207,604 | 154,545 | 124,638 | 92,373 | 60,348 | 41,084 |
| Malawi | 220,000 | 264,497 | 210,000 | 180,000 | 175,475 | 208,556 | 132,417 |
| Iran | 210,000 | 200,000 | 190,000 | 180,000 | 160,000 | 140,000 | 139,325 |
| Ghana | 200,000 | 190,000 | 182,000 | 180,000 | 176,700 | 170,490 | 143,220 |
| Croatia | 194,770 | 227,870 | 266,010 | 244,280 | 245,190 | 207,765 | 244,075 |
| Ethiopia | 190,000 | 185,522 | 208,676 | 125,623 | 149,455 | 86,468 | 81,235 |
| North Korea | 180,000 | 190,000 | 229,892 | 263,920 | 135,280 | 223,325 | 282,000 |
| Turkey | 155,000 | 182,000 | 155,225 | 150,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 165,000 |
| Burkina Faso | 198,540 | 106,675 | 98,513 | 51,708 | 31,314 | 18,500 | 25,851 |
| Colombia | 141,987 | 122,491 | 119,412 | 114,056 | 92,231 | 80,106 | 80,548 |
| Uganda | 140,000 | 265,870 | 160,000 | 126,000 | 107,624 | 28,097 | 25,730 |
| Hungary | 134,470 | 156,580 | 165,760 | 169,570 | 181,240 | 179,282 | 184,725 |
| Myanmar | 131,223 | 133,664 | 135,132 | 141,939 | 143,717 | 145,465 | 149,185 |
| South Korea | 129,925 | 110,781 | 80,926 | 105,340 | 89,410 | 85,644 | 75,448 |
| Germany | 120,500 | 106,600 | 90,500 | 84,100 | 58,700 | 66,000 | 43,000 |

### 10,000–100,000 tonnes

| Country | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Slovakia | 98,760 | 165,160 | 132,200 | 119,660 | 106,960 | 102,441 | 92,484 |
| Bangladesh | 98,646 | 91,176 | 104,761 | 110,785 | 98,699 | 96,921 | 92,181 |
| Cameroon | 97,703 | 110,043 | 93,192 | 65,190 | 59,681 | 57,452 | 41,276 |
| Czech Republic | 65,540 | 51,460 | 33,020 | 27,840 | 25,260 | 37,012 | 27,972 |
| Australia | 57,200 | 40,219 | 17,323 | 15,136 | 28,903 | 31,335 | 29,403 |
| Cambodia | 56,436 | 63,024 | 47,497 | 42,100 | 91,800 | 73,300 | 69,400 |
| Vietnam | 52,146 | 59,138 | 65,405 | 77,263 | 81,348 | 101,856 | 160,696 |
| Zimbabwe | 51,408 | 54,404 | 59,656 | 23,043 | 69,688 | 36,478 | 47,755 |
| Mozambique | 50,000 | 115,000 | 75,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 50,000 | 47,000 |
| Poland | 43,780 | 20,970 | 15,960 | 15,540 | 10,390 | 20,297 | 14,747 |
| Guatemala | 43,000 | 42,000 | 41,000 | 39,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42,642 | 24,883 | 37,202 | 23,753 | 23,332 | 11,740 | 18,662 |
| Tanzania | 41,069 | 75,000 | 45,000 | 22,953 | 21,321 | 6,135 | 6,711 |
| Egypt | 38,000 | 62,586 | 36,420 | 36,260 | 46,997 | 36,388 | 45,165 |
| Angola | 37,374 | 37,317 | 37,961 | 37,350 | 35,266 | 36,001 | 15,740 |
| Nepal | 35,138 | 30,648 | 34,544 | 31,567 | 27,681 | 29,061 | 28,917 |
| Uzbekistan | 34,862 | 29,473 | 7,460 | 10,858 | 11,399 | 6,138 | 232 |
| Rwanda | 34,056 | 26,857 | 23,755 | 24,526 | 22,809 | 23,934 | 21,942 |
| Moldova | 32,400 | 50,500 | 33,360 | 64,239 | 57,684 | 46,524 | 42,125 |
| Ecuador | 29,454 | 20,077 | 27,238 | 39,515 | 25,504 | 35,006 | 41,788 |
| Belize | 27,135 | 17,308 | 13,670 | 7,819 | 11,776 | 13,037 | 7,779 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27,007 | 26,336 | 25,682 | 25,044 | 24,427 | 22,150 | 21,608 |
| Thailand | 20,802 | 21,234 | 22,800 | 26,283 | 41,165 | 42,829 | 37,765 |
| Mali | 20,070 | 15,904 | 14,685 | 10,440 | 6,693 | 5,801 | 11,769 |
| Laos | 14,772 | 14,481 | 14,594 | 12,172 | 8,380 | 7,960 | 19,130 |
| Bulgaria | 10,180 | 2,810 | 6,200 | 7,570 | 4,730 | 20,000 | 18,301 |
| Nicaragua | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 5,693 | 5,693 | 5,693 |

### <10,000 tonnes

| Country | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Switzerland | 6,175 | 5,832 | 5,247 | 5,350 | 3,740 | 5,642 | 4,500 |
| Venezuela | 6,091 | 7,580 | 6,736 | 4,584 | 11,951 | 7,855 | 1,720 |
| Slovenia | 5,340 | 4,810 | 5,010 | 4,240 | 5,330 | 7,713 | 7,387 |
| El Salvador | 5,205 | 5,201 | 5,229 | 5,185 | 5,189 | 5,314 | 5,052 |
| Taiwan | 5,000 | 4,194 | 4,447 | 4,776 | 4,404 | 4,674 | 3,061 |
| Gabon | 3,932 | 3,945 | 3,936 | 3,916 | 3,981 | 3,911 | 3,857 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,842 | 3,794 | 7,879 | 2,197 | 2,500 | 14,363 | 9,830 |
| Spain | 3,790 | 4,770 | 4,620 | 5,170 | 4,350 | 4,599 | 2,869 |
| Liberia | 3,348 | 3,341 | 3,362 | 3,342 | 3,319 | 3,254 | 3,157 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3,076 | 2,816 | 2,371 | 2,835 | 2,872 | 3,512 | 1,240 |
| Georgia | 3,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Burundi | 2,410 | 2,427 | 2,498 | 2,564 | 2,387 | 2,167 | 2,395 |
| Syria | 2,350 | 4,458 | 6,227 | 2,086 | 1,727 | 3,901 | 3,550 |
| Lithuania | 2,290 | 2,230 | 2,560 | 2,310 | 3,450 | | |
| Kenya | 2,000 | 2,281 | 2,396 | 2,396 | 2,398 | 2,518 | 2,007 |
| Honduras | 1,619 | 1,645 | 1,623 | 2,033 | 2,180 | 2,210 | 2,200 |
| Peru | 1,596 | 1,683 | 1,534 | 1,475 | 1,530 | 1,581 | 1,371 |
| Cuba | 1,000 | 1,000 | | | | | |
| Morocco | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| East Timor | 821 | 362 | 852 | 868 | 888 | 899 | 968 |
| Albania | 686 | 373 | 441 | 605 | 744 | 500 | 664 |
| Greece | 680 | 1,230 | 1,840 | 3,720 | 2,520 | 8,099 | 9,465 |
| Philippines | 626 | 407 | 554 | 659 | 658 | 666 | 544 |
| Ivory Coast | 575 | 573 | 557 | 593 | 570 | 509 | 700 |
| Panama | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 100 | 101 |
| North Macedonia | 73 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 64 | 34 | 1 |
| Bhutan | 58 | 90 | 234 | 171 | 107 | 204 | 254 |
| Madagascar | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 46 |
| Iraq | 33 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 31 |
| Azerbaijan | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 33 |
| Tajikistan | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 20 | 30 | | | | |
| Pakistan | 9 | 48 | 201 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 40 |
| Suriname | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Production by country per capita

Here's the top 10 country with the highest production of soybean per capita.
| Rank | Country | Kg per person | Region |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1,566.14 | South America |
| 2 | Argentina | 849.27 | South America |
| 3 | Brazil | 562.62 | South America |
| 4 | Uruguay | 380.49 | South America |
| 5 | United States | 377.29 | North America |
| 6 | Bolivia | 260.19 | South America |
| 7 | Canada | 195.26 | North America |
| 8 | Ukraine | 105.54 | Europe |
| 9 | Serbia | 92.21 | Europe |
| 10 | Croatia | 58.48 | Europe |