Soybean production in Ethiopia
Soybean production in Ethiopia was 240,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 9.1% from 2023. That is the 27th highest of 108 countries in 2024.
Soybean production in Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024
All 32 values
| Period | tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 240,000 |
| 2023 | 220,000 |
| 2022 | 223,200 |
| 2021 | 271,079 |
| 2020 | 208,676 |
| 2019 | 188,322 |
| 2018 | 272,223 |
| 2017 | 212,672 |
| 2016 | 145,507 |
| 2015 | 131,756 |
| 2014 | 99,900 Estimated |
| 2013 | 84,400 Estimated |
| 2012 | 88,100 Estimated |
| 2011 | 49,600 Estimated |
| 2010 | 21,900 Estimated |
| 2009 | 7,899 |
| 2008 | 8,401 |
| 2007 | 5,849 |
| 2006 | 3,812 |
| 2005 | 834 |
| 2004 | 457 |
| 2003 | 600 Estimated |
| 2002 | 5,000 Estimated |
| 2001 | 4,369 Estimated |
| 2000 | 4,500 Estimated |
| 1999 | 3,833 Estimated |
| 1998 | 4,000 Estimated |
| 1997 | 3,497 Estimated |
| 1996 | 3,341 Estimated |
| 1995 | 3,500 Estimated |
| 1994 | 3,043 Estimated |
| 1993 | 2,907 Estimated |
Rankings
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.
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.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510) (Soybean production, Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Soybean production, Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/ethiopia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Soybean production, Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/ethiopia.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Soybean production, Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/ethiopia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_soybean_production_ethiopia_2024,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510): Soybean production, Ethiopia, 1993 to 2024}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/ethiopia. Publisher attribution: 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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Soybean production in Ethiopia was 240,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 9.1% from 2023. That is the 27th highest of 108 countries in 2024.
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272,223 tonnes in 2018, the highest value since 1993 in this series.