# Soybean production in Benin

Soybean production in Benin was 652,454 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of soybeans harvested dry produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=soybean_production&place=bj

| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 652,454 |
| 2023 | 520,929 |
| 2022 | 306,198 |
| 2021 | 291,279 |
| 2020 | 253,954 |
| 2019 | 257,000 |
| 2018 | 221,977 |
| 2017 | 164,761 |
| 2016 | 156,901 |
| 2015 | 139,909 |
| 2014 | 99,738 |
| 2013 | 75,153 |
| 2012 | 71,246 |
| 2011 | 67,154 |
| 2010 | 62,987 |
| 2009 | 57,307 |
| 2008 | 32,466 |
| 2007 | 13,572 |
| 2006 | 5,473 |
| 2005 | 9,190 |
| 2004 | 5,525 |
| 2003 | 6,812 |
| 2002 | 4,744 |
| 2001 | 3,543 |
| 2000 | 4,296 |
| 1999 | 3,444 |
| 1998 | 2,107 |
| 1997 | 1,203 |
| 1996 | 1,279 |
| 1995 | 1,003 |
| 1994 | 1,429 |
| 1993 | 800 |
| 1992 | 562 |
| 1991 | 396 |
| 1990 | 347 |
| 1989 | 318 |
| 1988 | 183 |
| 1987 | 113 |
| 1986 | 91 |
| 1985 | 93 |
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |