Countries by soybean production
Brazil had the highest soybean production of 107 countries in 2021, at 134,799,179 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 30,648 tonnes and the figure for the World was 373,108,914 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2021
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Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 134,799,179 | +10.7% |
| 2 | United States | 121,503,600 | +5.9% |
| 3 | Argentina | 46,217,911 | -5.3% |
| 4 | China | 16,395,400 | -16.4% |
| 5 | India | 12,986,722 | +3% |
| 6 | Paraguay | 10,537,080 | -4.4% |
| 7 | Canada | 6,224,029 | -2.1% |
| 8 | Russia | 4,759,908 | +10.5% |
| 9 | Ukraine | 3,493,200 | +24.9% |
| 10 | Bolivia | 3,318,169 | +17.3% |
| 11 | South Africa | 1,897,000 | +52.3% |
| 12 | Uruguay | 1,707,000 | -14.2% |
| 13 | Nigeria | 1,166,050 | -7.6% |
| 14 | Italy | 923,470 | -8.2% |
| 15 | Serbia | 540,205 | -28.1% |
| 16 | France | 439,350 | +8% |
| 17 | Zambia | 411,115 | +38.5% |
| 18 | Romania | 367,740 | +7.9% |
| 19 | Benin | 291,279 | +14.7% |
| 20 | Mexico | 288,203 | +17.1% |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 271,079 | +29.9% |
| 22 | Malawi | 264,497 | 0% |
| 23 | Japan | 246,500 | +12.6% |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 237,845 | -8.7% |
| 25 | Austria | 237,830 | +16.1% |
| 26 | Croatia | 227,870 | -14.3% |
| 27 | Ghana | 218,000 | +4.3% |
| 28 | Indonesia | 216,413 | -25.6% |
| 29 | Togo | 207,604 | +34.3% |
| 30 | Iran | 200,000 | +5.3% |
| 31 | North Korea | 190,000 | -17.4% |
| 32 | Türkiye | 182,000 | +17.2% |
| 33 | Slovakia | 165,160 | +24.9% |
| 34 | Hungary | 156,580 | -5.5% |
| 35 | Uganda | 138,000 | 0% |
| 36 | Myanmar | 133,664 | -1.1% |
| 37 | Colombia | 122,491 | +2.6% |
| 38 | Cameroon Estimated | 117,491 | +26.1% |
| 39 | South Korea | 110,781 | +36.9% |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 106,675 | +8.3% |
| 41 | Germany | 106,600 | +17.8% |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 91,176 | -13% |
| 43 | Tanzania Estimated | 75,000 | +66.7% |
| 44 | Egypt | 62,586 | +71.8% |
| 45 | Vietnam | 59,138 | -9.6% |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 54,404 | -8.8% |
| 47 | Czechia | 51,460 | +55.8% |
| 48 | Moldova | 50,523 | +51.4% |
| 49 | Mozambique | 50,000 | -56.5% |
| 50 | Cambodia | 47,000 | -14.5% |
| 51 | Guatemala | 42,000 | +2.4% |
| 52 | Australia | 40,219 | +132.2% |
| 53 | Angola | 37,317 | -1.7% |
| 54 | Nepal | 30,648 | -11.3% |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 29,473 | +295.1% |
| 56 | Rwanda | 26,857 | +13.1% |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26,336 | +2.5% |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,883 | -33.1% |
| 59 | Thailand | 21,234 | -6.9% |
| 60 | Poland | 20,970 | +31.4% |
| 61 | Ecuador | 20,077 | -26.3% |
| 62 | Belize | 17,308 | +26.6% |
| 63 | Mali | 15,904 | +8.3% |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 10,000 | 0% |
| 65 | Laos | 6,340 | -14.1% |
| 66 | Venezuela | 6,076 | -9.8% |
| 67 | Switzerland | 5,832 | +11.1% |
| 68 | El Salvador Estimated | 5,342 | -2.5% |
| 69 | Kenya Estimated | 5,259 | +119.5% |
| 70 | Slovenia | 4,810 | -4% |
| 71 | Spain | 4,770 | +3.2% |
| 72 | Syria | 4,458 | -28.4% |
| 73 | Taiwan | 4,194 | -5.7% |
| 74 | Gabon Estimated | 4,013 | +0.6% |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 3,794 | -51.9% |
| 76 | Liberia Estimated | 3,371 | -1.6% |
| 77 | Georgia | 3,000 | -25% |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,816 | +18.8% |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 2,810 | -54.7% |
| 80 | Burundi Estimated | 2,312 | +1% |
| 81 | Lithuania | 2,230 | -12.9% |
| 82 | Honduras Estimated | 2,191 | -0.2% |
| 83 | Peru | 1,683 | +9.8% |
| 84 | Greece | 1,230 | -33.2% |
| 85 | Cuba | 1,000 | |
| 85 | Morocco Estimated | 1,000 | 0% |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 573 | +2.9% |
| 88 | Philippines | 407 | -26.5% |
| 89 | Albania | 373 | -15.4% |
| 90 | Timor-Leste | 362 | -57% |
| 91 | Panama Estimated | 94 | -6.5% |
| 92 | Bhutan | 90 | -61.4% |
| 93 | North Macedonia Estimated | 50 | 0% |
| 94 | Pakistan | 48 | -76.1% |
| 95 | Madagascar Estimated | 48 | -0.1% |
| 96 | Iraq Estimated | 34 | +1.4% |
| 97 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 30 | +0.7% |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 26 | -7.1% |
| 99 | Tajikistan Estimated | 21 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 20 | -33.3% |
| 101 | Suriname | 5 | 0% |
| 102 | Cyprus | 0 | |
| 102 | Denmark | 0 | |
| 102 | Estonia | 0 | |
| 102 | Finland | 0 | |
| 102 | Latvia | 0 | |
| 102 | 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 2021 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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Which country has the highest soybean production?
Brazil, with 134,799,179 tonnes in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest soybean production?
Malta, with 0 tonnes in 2021.
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 2021 and are not ranked.