# Soybean production in Zambia

Soybean production in Zambia was 169,700 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `soybean_production`
- Place id: `zm`
- 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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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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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 | 169,700 |
| 2023 | 760,067 |
| 2022 | 475,353 |
| 2021 | 411,115 |
| 2020 | 296,866 |
| 2019 | 281,389 |
| 2018 | 302,720 |
| 2017 | 351,416 |
| 2016 | 267,490 |
| 2015 | 226,323 |
| 2014 | 214,179 |
| 2013 | 261,063 |
| 2012 | 203,038 |
| 2011 | 116,539 |
| 2010 | 111,887 |
| 2009 | 118,794 |
| 2008 | 56,839 |
| 2007 | 55,194 |
| 2006 | 57,815 |
| 2005 | 89,660 |
| 2004 | 24,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 12,000 |
| 2002 | 9,000 |
| 2001 | 2,350 |
| 2000 | 28,311 |
| 1999 | 26,704 |
| 1998 | 12,376 |
| 1997 | 29,292 |
| 1996 | 40,050 |
| 1995 | 21,129 |
| 1994 | 24,630 |
| 1993 | 26,001 |
| 1992 | 7,006 |
| 1991 | 27,713 |
| 1990 | 26,791 |
| 1989 | 20,578 |
| 1988 | 21,632 |
| 1987 | 13,462 |
| 1986 | 15,906 |
| 1985 | 14,738 |
| 1984 | 13,153 |
| 1983 | 7,952 |
| 1982 | 7,304 |
| 1981 | 3,673 |
| 1980 | 1,989 |
| 1979 | 1,294 |
| 1978 | 2,844 |
| 1977 | 1,274 |
| 1976 | 944 |
| 1975 | 683 |
| 1974 | 400 |
| 1973 | 173 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |