# Soybean production in China

Soybean production in China was 20,650,000 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `cn`
- 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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- 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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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 20,650,000 |
| 2023 | 20,841,700 |
| 2022 | 20,283,500 |
| 2021 | 16,395,400 |
| 2020 | 19,600,000 |
| 2019 | 18,100,000 |
| 2018 | 15,967,100 |
| 2017 | 15,282,500 |
| 2016 | 12,788,894 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 11,785,000 |
| 2014 | 12,154,000 |
| 2013 | 11,951,000 |
| 2012 | 13,010,900 |
| 2011 | 14,485,300 |
| 2010 | 15,083,300 |
| 2009 | 14,981,500 |
| 2008 | 15,541,600 |
| 2007 | 12,725,000 |
| 2006 | 15,081,800 |
| 2005 | 16,347,800 |
| 2004 | 17,401,500 |
| 2003 | 15,393,200 |
| 2002 | 16,505,400 |
| 2001 | 15,405,600 |
| 2000 | 15,409,000 |
| 1999 | 14,245,300 |
| 1998 | 15,151,800 |
| 1997 | 14,731,500 |
| 1996 | 13,224,000 |
| 1995 | 13,502,000 |
| 1994 | 15,999,000 |
| 1993 | 15,307,000 |
| 1992 | 10,304,000 |
| 1991 | 9,713,000 |
| 1990 | 11,000,000 |
| 1989 | 10,228,000 |
| 1988 | 11,645,000 |
| 1987 | 12,184,000 |
| 1986 | 11,614,000 |
| 1985 | 10,500,000 |
| 1984 | 9,695,000 |
| 1983 | 9,760,000 |
| 1982 | 9,030,000 |
| 1981 | 9,325,000 |
| 1980 | 7,940,000 |
| 1979 | 7,460,000 |
| 1978 | 7,570,000 |
| 1977 | 7,260,000 |
| 1976 | 6,640,000 |
| 1975 | 7,240,000 |
| 1974 | 7,470,000 |
| 1973 | 8,370,000 |
| 1972 | 6,450,000 |
| 1971 | 8,610,000 |
| 1970 | 8,710,000 |
| 1969 | 7,630,000 |
| 1968 | 8,040,000 |
| 1967 | 8,270,000 |
| 1966 | 8,270,000 |
| 1965 | 6,140,000 |
| 1964 | 7,870,000 |
| 1963 | 6,910,000 |
| 1962 | 6,510,000 |
| 1961 | 6,210,000 |