World: soybean production in metric tonnes

Soybeans 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Total World 43,696,935 81,040,360 108,456,438 161,290,488 261,578,498
USA 30,675,200 48,921,900 52,416,000 75,053,800 90,609,800
Brazil 1,508,540 15,155,800 19,897,800 32,735,000 68,518,700
Argentina 26,800 3,500,000 10,700,000 20,135,800 52,677,400
China 8,775,174 7,965,934 11,008,140 15,411,495 15,083,204
India 14,000 442,000 2,601,500 5,275,800 9,810,000
Paraguay 41,293 537,300 1,794,620 2,980,060 7,460,440
Canada 282,628 690,000 1,262,000 2,703,000 4,345,300
Uruguay 1,000 49,193 37,000 6,800 1,816,800
Ukraine .. .. .. 64,400 1,680,200
Bolivia 1,500 47,595 232,743 1,197,250 1,637,000
Russia .. .. .. 341,920 1,222,370
Indonesia 497,883 652,762 1,487,430 1,017,630 908,111
South Africa 7,700 39,900 118,200 153,472 566,000
Italy 170 330 1,750,500 903,490 552,500
Serbia .. .. .. .. 540,859
Nigeria 58,000 75,000 218,000 429,000 393,860
Korea, North 255,000 340,000 455,000 350,000 350,000
Viet Nam 14,900 32,100 86,600 149,300 296,900
Japan 126,100 173,900 220,400 235,000 222,500
Myanmar 12,701 15,023 25,515 97,000 200,000
Thailand 50,400 100,022 530,112 312,432 177,055
Uganda 5,000 3,000 36,944 120,000 175,000
Mexico 214,603 322,205 575,366 102,314 167,665
Iran 3,000 49,000 88,790 142,000 162,698
Cambodia 4,000 3,000 22,000 28,111 156,589
Croatia .. .. .. 65,299 153,580
Romania 90,500 434,800 141,173 69,500 149,940
France .. 18,000 245,000 201,033 139,959
Kazakhstan .. .. .. 3,970 113,890
Moldova .. .. .. 11,644 110,647
Korea, South 231,994 216,318 232,786 113,196 105,345
Austria .. .. 17,658 32,843 94,544
Turkey 12,000 2,300 162,000 44,500 86,540
Hungary .. 37,232 54,382 30,785 85,440
Venezuela .. .. 3,796 4,495 72,000
Ecuador 600 33,549 166,694 94,100 70,000
Bangladesh .. .. .. .. 69,522
Australia 5,028 81,962 77,413 104,800 59,600
Zimbabwe 8,598 97,403 113,440 143,592 57,328
Rwanda 1,070 5,300 18,096 13,922 57,089
Malawi .. .. .. .. 56,000
Colombia 131,900 154,500 232,140 38,757 54,207
Egypt .. 92,377 106,690 10,518 43,342
Guatemala .. .. 42,323 29,937 37,000
Slovakia .. .. .. 4,814 24,045
Burkina Faso .. .. 2,800 3,475 22,394
Nepal 3,500 5,000 12,840 16,780 22,041
Congo, DR 1,600 8,000 12,070 11,368 18,232
Czech Republic .. .. .. 2,348 16,100
Benin .. .. 347 4,296 16,000
Laos 3,700 3,298 4,210 5,403 15,900
Zambia .. 1,989 26,791 28,311 12,000
Ethiopia .. .. .. 4,500 8,700
Cameroon .. 186 3,000 5,876 8,500
Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. 3,621 8,007
Sri Lanka 70 1,083 3,200 640 7,520
El Salvador 130 1,000 2,000 2,500 4,500
Nicaragua .. 1,000 11,500 6,427 4,035
Greece .. .. 21,000 4,000 4,000
Tanzania, UR 343 839 2,000 2,100 4,000
Syria .. .. 10,775 3,804 3,100
Switzerland .. .. 2,611 3,800 3,076
Peru 399 10,739 2,547 3,128 2,534
Gabon .. .. 3,264 2,200 2,500
Burundi 700 370 500 800 2,400
Liberia 1,200 1,800 1,500 3,138 2,200
Kenya .. .. 2,000 2,384 2,200
Honduras .. .. .. 2,970 2,100
Mali .. 800 1,500 2,302 1,871
Timor-Leste 1,000 1,000 1,076 800 1,800
Bulgaria 7,871 107,435 14,848 2,000 1,700
Spain 3,022 13,780 42,200 6,677 1,700
Georgia .. .. .. 2,477 1,400
Morocco .. .. 8,560 1,200 1,200
Germany .. .. 4,756 1,000 1,000
Philippines 1,195 9,395 4,937 953 812
Côte d'Ivoire .. 3,030 4,054 3,699 790
Macedonia .. .. .. .. 700
Belize .. .. 146 495 650
Bhutan .. 600 1,311 577 530
Albania .. 6,000 7,000 600 500
Slovenia .. .. .. 69 290
Poland .. .. .. .. 245
Panama .. .. .. 106 120
Pakistan 900 1,326 849 10,000 51
Iraq .. 1,600 1,900 100 50
Madagascar .. 70 50 50 40
Suriname 29 30 33 25 21
Kyrgyzstan .. .. .. 16 20
Azerbaijan .. .. .. 80 0
source: FAOSTAT.
note: Units are Metric Tonnes, being equal to 1000 kilograms.
note: The FAO makes some distinctions in the data collected, namely: * = Unofficial figure | F = FAO estimate | M = Data not available. These distinctions have been left out here to simplify the reading of the quantities, for a full disclosure of how to interpret the data above visit the site of the FAO.
note: For brevity's sake names of countries above are in the short form, for official names see Countries with their official codes.