# Soybean production in South Africa

Soybean production in South Africa was 1,848,000 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `za`
- 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 | 1,848,000 |
| 2023 | 2,770,000 |
| 2022 | 2,230,000 |
| 2021 | 1,897,000 |
| 2020 | 1,245,500 |
| 2019 | 1,170,345 |
| 2018 | 1,540,000 |
| 2017 | 1,316,000 |
| 2016 | 742,000 |
| 2015 | 1,070,000 |
| 2014 | 948,000 |
| 2013 | 784,500 |
| 2012 | 650,000 |
| 2011 | 710,000 |
| 2010 | 566,000 |
| 2009 | 516,000 |
| 2008 | 282,000 |
| 2007 | 205,000 |
| 2006 | 424,000 |
| 2005 | 272,500 |
| 2004 | 220,000 |
| 2003 | 136,520 |
| 2002 | 223,000 |
| 2001 | 226,210 |
| 2000 | 153,925 |
| 1999 | 199,000 |
| 1998 | 215,000 |
| 1997 | 98,000 |
| 1996 | 80,000 |
| 1995 | 58,200 |
| 1994 | 63,100 |
| 1993 | 68,600 |
| 1992 | 62,900 |
| 1991 | 126,000 |
| 1990 | 118,200 |
| 1989 | 78,600 |
| 1988 | 65,300 |
| 1987 | 34,900 |
| 1986 | 37,900 |
| 1985 | 39,900 |
| 1984 | 38,900 |
| 1983 | 28,700 |
| 1982 | 21,448 |
| 1981 | 27,600 |
| 1980 | 39,900 |
| 1979 | 26,400 |
| 1978 | 40,100 |
| 1977 | 29,700 |
| 1976 | 17,900 |
| 1975 | 22,700 |
| 1974 | 21,400 |
| 1973 | 4,600 |
| 1972 | 2,000 |
| 1971 | 2,900 |
| 1970 | 7,700 |
| 1969 | 7,300 |
| 1968 | 4,100 |
| 1967 | 4,500 |
| 1966 | 2,800 |
| 1965 | 3,000 |
| 1964 | 3,000 |
| 1963 | 2,359 |
| 1962 | 2,631 |
| 1961 | 2,631 |