# Soybean production in South Korea

Soybean production in South Korea was 154,954 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `kr`
- 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fao
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 4.0 with the FAO Statistical Database Terms of Use (attribution in FAO's format, no use to promote a commercial enterprise or its products, no implied FAO endorsement)
- 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=soybean_production&place=kr

| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 154,954 |
| 2023 | 141,477 |
| 2022 | 129,925 |
| 2021 | 110,781 |
| 2020 | 80,926 |
| 2019 | 105,340 |
| 2018 | 89,410 |
| 2017 | 85,644 |
| 2016 | 75,448 |
| 2015 | 103,504 |
| 2014 | 139,267 |
| 2013 | 154,067 |
| 2012 | 122,519 |
| 2011 | 129,394 |
| 2010 | 105,345 |
| 2009 | 139,251 |
| 2008 | 132,674 |
| 2007 | 114,245 |
| 2006 | 156,404 |
| 2005 | 183,338 |
| 2004 | 138,570 |
| 2003 | 105,089 |
| 2002 | 115,024 |
| 2001 | 117,723 |
| 2000 | 113,196 |
| 1999 | 116,120 |
| 1998 | 140,441 |
| 1997 | 156,489 |
| 1996 | 160,081 |
| 1995 | 159,640 |
| 1994 | 154,380 |
| 1993 | 170,151 |
| 1992 | 175,925 |
| 1991 | 183,171 |
| 1990 | 232,786 |
| 1989 | 251,552 |
| 1988 | 239,431 |
| 1987 | 203,478 |
| 1986 | 198,537 |
| 1985 | 233,863 |
| 1984 | 253,527 |
| 1983 | 226,368 |
| 1982 | 233,358 |
| 1981 | 256,851 |
| 1980 | 216,318 |
| 1979 | 257,069 |
| 1978 | 292,832 |
| 1977 | 318,735 |
| 1976 | 294,949 |
| 1975 | 310,555 |
| 1974 | 318,576 |
| 1973 | 245,822 |
| 1972 | 223,939 |
| 1971 | 229,000 |
| 1970 | 231,994 |
| 1969 | 229,046 |
| 1968 | 245,257 |
| 1967 | 201,452 |
| 1966 | 161,303 |
| 1965 | 174,456 |
| 1964 | 162,857 |
| 1963 | 156,372 |
| 1962 | 155,747 |
| 1961 | 164,836 |