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Soybean Production by Country 2023

It has been grown for hundreds of years, but only found its way to the US through Asian migration and exports. Today, in the US and across the globe soybeans are used in food, products, and even as fuel components. Canada is generally given credit for cultivating soybeans, and gave birth to the rise of soybean production in North America.

How much soybean does US and Canada produce today, and how about Asia, where it has been a staple for millenniums? Here is a look at soybean production by country and how countries rank in tons of production.

Soybeans: A Staple Around the World

Although countries like the US and Brazil lead the world in soybean production today, as the soybean production by country list reveals, every country does farm soybeans. That alone speaks to the usefulness and value of soybeans around the world. It is also a considerable revenue for those aforementioned major producers.

There are few agricultural products that serve as many purposes and that offer the type of versatility that soybeans do. That also explains the massive quantities of soybean production from the US and Brazil. Soybeans, they are seemingly in every kind of food and product we use and consume today, and a staple in the diets and lives of billions around the globe.

Here are the 10 countries with the highest soybean production:

  1. Brazil: 125,887,672 tons 🇧🇷
  2. United States: 123,664,230 tons 🇺🇸
  3. Argentina: 37,787,927 tons 🇦🇷
  4. China: 14,193,621 tons 🇨🇳
  5. India: 13,786,000 tons 🇮🇳
  6. Paraguay: 11,045,971 tons 🇵🇾
  7. Canada: 7,266,600 tons 🇨🇦
  8. Ukraine: 4,460,770 tons 🇺🇦
  9. Russia: 4,026,850 tons 🇷🇺
  10. Bolivia: 2,942,131 tons 🇧🇴

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Country
Soybean Production (tons)
Brazil125,887,672
United States123,664,230
Argentina37,787,927
China14,193,621
India13,786,000
Paraguay11,045,971
Canada7,266,600
Ukraine4,460,770
Russia4,026,850
Bolivia2,942,131
South Africa1,540,000
Uruguay1,334,000
Italy1,138,993
Indonesia953,571
Nigeria758,033
Serbia645,607
Romania465,609
France400,292
Mexico324,011
Zambia302,720
Kazakhstan255,437
Croatia245,188
Benin221,977
Japan211,300
Iran210,000
Austria184,342
Hungary178,200
Malawi175,475
Myanmar170,985
Cambodia170,000
Turkey140,000
North Korea135,000
Slovakia104,525
Bangladesh98,699
Ethiopia98,000
Zimbabwe90,000
South Korea89,410
Vietnam81,348
Colombia77,000
Australia63,000
Germany59,000
Moldova57,684
Thailand56,000
Egypt48,000
Guatemala38,000
Burkina Faso31,314
Uganda29,000
Nepal27,681
DR Congo25,772
Czech Republic25,559
Ecuador25,504
Rwanda23,804
Bosnia and Herzegovina23,332
Cameroon20,824
Belize11,776
Angola11,557
Poland10,271
Nicaragua10,000
Greece9,490
Laos8,380
Mali6,693
Venezuela6,000
Tanzania5,993
El Salvador5,694
Slovenia5,331
Switzerland5,206
Bulgaria4,548
Taiwan4,404
Spain4,249
Gabon4,057
Liberia3,290
Kyrgyzstan2,872
Sri Lanka2,500
Burundi2,387
Kenya2,304
Georgia2,000
Togo1,559
Peru1,530
Honduras982
Albania744
Morocco732
Philippines658
Syria300
Bhutan226
Panama88
Madagascar44
Azerbaijan41
Pakistan29
Iraq29
Tajikistan26
North Macedonia20
Suriname7
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Which country produces the most Soybeans?

The majority of the world's soybeans come from Brazil, which produces 125.9 million tonnes annually.

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