List of countries by soybean production facts for kids

Countries by soybean production in 2020

Soybeans are super important plants grown all over the world! Their beans are used to make many things, like cooking oil, tofu, soy milk, and even food for farm animals. This list shows how much soybean each country produced from 2016 to 2020.

In 2020, the world grew a huge amount of soybeans: over 353 million metric tonnes! That's like 353 million really big trucks full of soybeans. This was about 5% more than in 2019. The two biggest soybean growers in 2020 were Brazil, which grew about 34% of the world's soybeans, and the United States, which grew about 32%.

Top Soybean Producers

This section lists countries based on how many soybeans they grew. The numbers show how many metric tonnes were produced each year.

Countries Producing Lots of Soybeans (Over 1 Million Tonnes)

These countries are the giants of soybean farming, each growing more than 1 million tonnes in 2020.

Rank	Country	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
1	Brazil	121,797,712	114,316,829	117,912,450	114,732,101	96,394,820
2	United States	112,549,240	96,667,090	120,514,490	120,064,970	116,931,500
3	Argentina	48,796,661	55,263,891	37,787,927	54,971,626	58,799,258
4	China	19,600,000	18,100,000	15,967,100	15,282,500	12,788,894
5	India	11,226,000	13,267,520	10,932,970	13,158,730	13,159,000
6	Paraguay	11,024,460	8,520,350	11,045,971	10,478,000	9,163,030
7	Canada	6,358,500	6,145,000	7,416,600	7,716,600	6,596,500
8	Russia	4,307,593	4,359,956	4,026,850	3,621,712	3,142,693
9	Bolivia	2,829,356	2,990,845	2,942,131	2,671,046	3,203,992
10	Ukraine	2,797,670	3,698,710	4,460,770	3,899,370	4,276,990
11	Uruguay	1,990,000	2,828,000	1,334,000	3,212,000	2,208,000
12	South Africa	1,245,500	1,170,345	1,540,000	1,316,000	742,000
13	Indonesia	1,040,000	980,000	953,571	538,729	859,653
14	Italy	1,005,630	1,042,830	1,186,350	1,019,781	1,081,340

Countries Producing a Good Amount of Soybeans (100,000 to 1 Million Tonnes)

These countries produce a significant amount of soybeans, ranging from 100,000 to under 1 million tonnes.

Rank	Country	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
15	Serbia	751,578	700,502	645,607	461,272	576,446
16	Nigeria	600,000	700,000	660,000	993,955	936,887
17	France	406,670	428,530	398,480	415,202	338,955
18	Romania	353,640	440,120	492,680	393,495	263,380
19	Zambia	296,866	281,389	302,720	351,416	267,490
20	Croatia	266,010	244,280	245,190	207,765	244,075
21	Kazakhstan	260,639	282,185	255,437	252,319	231,168
22	Benin	253,954	257,000	221,977	164,761	156,901
23	Mexico	246,019	232,680	324,011	432,927	509,114
24	North Korea	229,892	263,920	135,280	223,325	282,000
25	Japan	218,900	217,800	211,300	253,000	238,000
26	Ethiopia	208,676	125,623	149,455	86,468	81,235
27	Austria	204,860	217,780	186,490	193,416	152,599
28	Cambodia	180,000	168,000	170,000	168,000	162,000
28	Malawi	180,000	170,000	175,475	208,556	132,417
30	Ghana	177,007	184,653	176,700	170,490	143,220
31	Hungary	165,760	169,570	181,240	179,282	184,725
32	Turkey	155,225	150,000	140,000	140,000	165,000
33	Myanmar	145,000	141,939	143,717	145,465	149,185
34	Iran	140,000	150,000	140,000	130,000	139,325
35	Slovakia	132,200	119,660	106,960	102,441	92,484
36	Colombia	119,412	114,056	92,231	80,106	80,548
37	Bangladesh	104,761	110,785	98,699	96,921	92,181

Countries Producing Some Soybeans (10,000 to 100,000 Tonnes)

These countries grow between 10,000 and 100,000 tonnes of soybeans.

Rank	Country	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
38	Germany	90,500	84,100	58,700	66,000	43,000
39	South Korea	80,926	105,340	89,410	85,644	75,448
40	Uganda	75,077	117,000	107,624	28,097	25,730
41	Mozambique	75,000	55,000	55,000	50,000	47,000
42	Vietnam	65,405	77,263	81,348	101,856	160,696
43	Zimbabwe	59,656	23,460	69,688	36,478	47,755
44	Egypt	50,000	36,260	46,997	36,388	45,165
45	Burkina Faso	48,000	51,708	31,314	18,500	25,851
46	Guatemala	41,000	39,000	38,000	38,000	38,000
47	Angola	40,797	37,350	35,266	36,001	15,740
48	Nepal	37,526	31,567	27,681	29,061	28,917
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37,202	23,753	23,332	11,740	18,662
50	Moldova	33,360	64,239	57,684	46,524	42,125
51	Czech Republic	33,020	27,840	25,260	37,012	27,972
52	Thailand	29,231	26,283	41,165	42,829	37,765
53	Ecuador	27,238	39,515	25,504	35,006	41,788
54	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26,000	25,044	24,427	22,150	24,000
55	Cameroon	24,195	23,054	21,270	26,429	24,558
56	Tanzania	23,886	22,953	21,321	6,135	6,711
57	Rwanda	23,755	24,526	22,809	23,934	21,942
58	Australia	17,323	15,136	28,903	31,335	29,403
59	Poland	14,940	15,540	10,390	20,297	14,747
60	Mali	14,685	10,440	6,693	5,801	11,769
61	Laos	14,550	11,873	8,380	7,960	19,130
62	Belize	13,670	7,819	11,776	13,037	7,779
63	Nicaragua	10,000	10,000	5,693	5,693	5,693

Countries Producing Smaller Amounts of Soybeans (Under 10,000 Tonnes)

These countries produce less than 10,000 tonnes of soybeans each year.

Rank	Country	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
64	Venezuela	9,306	22,242	5,407	7,855	1,720
65	Sri Lanka	7,879	2,197	2,500	14,363	9,830
66	Uzbekistan	7,460	10,858	11,399	6,138	232
67	Syria	6,227	2,086	1,727	3,901	3,550
68	Bulgaria	6,200	7,570	4,730	20,000	18,301
69	Switzerland	5,247	5,350	3,740	5,642	4,500
70	El Salvador	5,084	5,076	5,107	5,069	5,052
71	Slovenia	5,020	4,240	5,330	7,713	7,387
72	Spain	4,620	5,170	4,350	4,599	2,869
73	Taiwan	4,447	4,776	4,404	4,674	3,061
74	Gabon	4,203	4,148	4,094	4,047	3,857
75	Liberia	3,417	3,392	3,367	3,346	3,157
76	Burundi	2,571	2,606	2,387	2,167	2,395
77	Lithuania	2,560	2,310	3,450	N/A	N/A
78	Kenya	2,396	2,396	2,398	2,518	2,007
79	Kyrgyzstan	2,371	2,835	2,872	3,512	1,240
80	Georgia	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,062	2,052
81	Greece	1,840	3,720	2,520	8,099	9,465
82	Togo	1,796	1,775	1,828	1,784	1,713
83	Peru	1,538	1,475	1,530	1,581	1,371
84	Honduras	1,444	1,455	2,180	2,210	2,200
85	East Timor	978	977	975	965	968
86	Morocco	727	727	699	756	1,000
87	Philippines	554	659	658	666	544
88	Albania	441	605	744	500	664
89	Ivory Coast	401	401	371	581	700
90	Bhutan	234	171	107	204	254
91	Pakistan	152	15	28	19	40
92	Panama	100	100	99	100	101
93	Madagascar	46	46	46	47	46
94	Iraq	33	33	35	32	31
95	Luxembourg	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	Azerbaijan	29	30	29	29	33
97	Tajikistan	21	21	21	21	21
98	North Macedonia	18	18	85	34	1
99	Suriname	12	11	7	7	7

Soybean Production Per Person

This table shows which countries produce the most soybeans for each person living there. This is called "per capita" production. It helps us see how important soybeans are to a country's economy and food supply compared to its population size.

Rank	Country	Kg per person	Region
1	Paraguay	1,566.14	South America
2	Argentina	849.27	South America
3	Brazil	562.62	South America
4	Uruguay	380.49	South America
5	United States	377.29	North America
6	Bolivia	260.19	South America
7	Canada	195.26	North America
8	Ukraine	105.54	Europe
9	Serbia	92.21	Europe
10	Croatia	58.48	Europe