# Soybean production in Japan

Soybean production in Japan was 252,400 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `jp`
- 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 | 252,400 |
| 2023 | 260,800 |
| 2022 | 242,800 |
| 2021 | 246,500 |
| 2020 | 218,900 |
| 2019 | 217,800 |
| 2018 | 211,300 |
| 2017 | 253,000 |
| 2016 | 238,000 |
| 2015 | 243,100 |
| 2014 | 231,800 |
| 2013 | 199,900 |
| 2012 | 235,900 |
| 2011 | 218,800 |
| 2010 | 222,500 |
| 2009 | 229,900 |
| 2008 | 261,700 |
| 2007 | 226,700 |
| 2006 | 229,200 |
| 2005 | 225,000 |
| 2004 | 163,200 |
| 2003 | 232,200 |
| 2002 | 270,200 |
| 2001 | 290,600 |
| 2000 | 235,000 |
| 1999 | 187,200 |
| 1998 | 158,000 |
| 1997 | 144,600 |
| 1996 | 148,000 |
| 1995 | 119,000 |
| 1994 | 98,800 |
| 1993 | 100,600 |
| 1992 | 188,100 |
| 1991 | 197,300 |
| 1990 | 220,400 |
| 1989 | 271,700 |
| 1988 | 276,900 |
| 1987 | 287,200 |
| 1986 | 245,200 |
| 1985 | 228,300 |
| 1984 | 238,000 |
| 1983 | 217,200 |
| 1982 | 226,300 |
| 1981 | 211,700 |
| 1980 | 173,900 |
| 1979 | 191,700 |
| 1978 | 189,900 |
| 1977 | 110,800 |
| 1976 | 109,500 |
| 1975 | 125,600 |
| 1974 | 132,800 |
| 1973 | 118,200 |
| 1972 | 126,500 |
| 1971 | 122,400 |
| 1970 | 126,100 |
| 1969 | 135,900 |
| 1968 | 167,700 |
| 1967 | 190,600 |
| 1966 | 199,500 |
| 1965 | 230,000 |
| 1964 | 240,100 |
| 1963 | 318,200 |
| 1962 | 338,700 |
| 1961 | 391,900 |