Countries by soybean production
Brazil had the highest soybean production of 107 countries in 2020, at 121,820,949 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 33,020 tonnes and the figure for the World was 357,351,282 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Top 40 countries, 2020
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| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 121,820,949 | +6.6% |
| 2 | United States | 114,748,940 | +18.7% |
| 3 | Argentina | 48,780,407 | -11.7% |
| 4 | China | 19,600,000 | +8.3% |
| 5 | India | 12,610,296 | +12.3% |
| 6 | Paraguay | 11,024,460 | +29.4% |
| 7 | Canada | 6,358,500 | +3.5% |
| 8 | Russia | 4,307,593 | -1.2% |
| 9 | Bolivia | 2,829,356 | -5.4% |
| 10 | Ukraine | 2,797,670 | -24.4% |
| 11 | Uruguay | 1,990,000 | -29.6% |
| 12 | Nigeria | 1,262,280 | +20.4% |
| 13 | South Africa | 1,245,500 | +6.4% |
| 14 | Italy | 1,005,630 | -3.6% |
| 15 | Serbia | 751,578 | +7.3% |
| 16 | France | 406,810 | -5.1% |
| 17 | Romania | 340,820 | -22.6% |
| 18 | Zambia | 296,866 | +5.5% |
| 19 | Indonesia | 291,000 | -31.4% |
| 20 | Croatia | 266,010 | +8.9% |
| 21 | Malawi | 264,372 | +0.3% |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 260,639 | -7.6% |
| 23 | Benin | 253,954 | -1.2% |
| 24 | Mexico | 246,019 | +5.7% |
| 25 | North Korea | 229,892 | -12.9% |
| 26 | Japan | 218,900 | +0.5% |
| 27 | Ghana | 209,000 | +8.3% |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 208,676 | +10.8% |
| 29 | Austria | 204,860 | -5.9% |
| 30 | Iran | 190,000 | +5.6% |
| 31 | Hungary | 165,760 | -2.2% |
| 32 | Türkiye | 155,225 | +3.5% |
| 33 | Togo | 154,545 | +25.6% |
| 34 | Uganda | 138,000 | +8.7% |
| 35 | Myanmar | 135,132 | -4.8% |
| 36 | Slovakia | 132,200 | +10.5% |
| 37 | Colombia | 119,412 | +4.7% |
| 38 | Mozambique | 115,000 | +53.3% |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 104,761 | -5.4% |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 98,513 | +90.5% |
| 41 | Cameroon | 93,192 | +43% |
| 42 | Germany | 90,500 | +7.6% |
| 43 | South Korea | 80,926 | -23.2% |
| 44 | Vietnam | 65,405 | -15.3% |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 59,656 | +158.9% |
| 46 | Cambodia | 55,000 | +30.6% |
| 47 | Tanzania Estimated | 45,000 | +96.1% |
| 48 | Guatemala | 41,000 | +5.1% |
| 49 | Angola | 37,961 | +1.6% |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37,202 | +56.6% |
| 51 | Egypt | 36,420 | +0.4% |
| 52 | Nepal | 34,544 | +9.4% |
| 53 | Moldova | 33,360 | -48.1% |
| 54 | Czechia | 33,020 | +18.6% |
| 55 | Ecuador | 27,238 | -31.1% |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 25,682 | +2.5% |
| 57 | Rwanda | 23,755 | -3.1% |
| 58 | Thailand | 22,800 | -13.3% |
| 59 | Australia | 17,323 | +14.4% |
| 60 | Poland | 15,960 | +2.7% |
| 61 | Mali | 14,685 | +40.7% |
| 62 | Belize | 13,670 | +74.8% |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 10,000 | 0% |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 7,879 | +258.6% |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 7,460 | -31.3% |
| 66 | Laos Estimated | 7,381 | +44.7% |
| 67 | Venezuela | 6,736 | +46.9% |
| 68 | Syria | 6,227 | +198.5% |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 6,200 | -18.1% |
| 70 | El Salvador Estimated | 5,477 | +2.2% |
| 71 | Switzerland | 5,247 | -1.9% |
| 72 | Slovenia | 5,010 | +18.2% |
| 73 | Spain | 4,620 | -10.6% |
| 74 | Taiwan | 4,447 | -6.9% |
| 75 | Georgia | 4,000 | +100% |
| 76 | Gabon Estimated | 3,987 | -2% |
| 77 | Liberia Estimated | 3,425 | +1.5% |
| 78 | Lithuania | 2,560 | +10.8% |
| 79 | Kenya | 2,396 | 0% |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,371 | -16.4% |
| 81 | Burundi Estimated | 2,290 | -1.1% |
| 82 | Honduras Estimated | 2,196 | -0.1% |
| 83 | Greece | 1,840 | -50.5% |
| 84 | Peru | 1,534 | +4% |
| 85 | Morocco Estimated | 1,000 | 0% |
| 86 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 841 | -3.7% |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 557 | -6% |
| 88 | Philippines | 554 | -15.8% |
| 89 | Albania | 441 | -27.1% |
| 90 | Bhutan | 234 | +36.5% |
| 91 | Pakistan | 201 | +1,240% |
| 92 | Panama Estimated | 100 | +1.4% |
| 93 | North Macedonia Estimated | 50 | -36.7% |
| 94 | Madagascar Estimated | 48 | +0.4% |
| 95 | Iraq Estimated | 34 | -0.8% |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 30 | |
| 97 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 29 | -2.8% |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 28 | +12% |
| 99 | Tajikistan Estimated | 21 | +3% |
| 100 | Suriname | 5 | -54.5% |
| 101 | Cyprus | 0 | |
| 101 | Denmark | 0 | |
| 101 | Estonia | 0 | |
| 101 | Finland | 0 | |
| 101 | Ireland | 0 | |
| 101 | Latvia | 0 | |
| 101 | Malta | 0 |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 11 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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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
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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Countries by soybean production, 2020. 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/rankings/soybean-production/countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510): Countries by soybean production, 2020}},
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Which country has the highest soybean production?
Brazil, with 121,820,949 tonnes in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest soybean production?
Malta, with 0 tonnes in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 11 countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.