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World: soybeans production

Soybeans Metric Ton
1995 2000 2003
Albania 158 600 1,000
Argentina 12,133,000 20,206,600 34,818,552
Australia 27,247 104,800 40,000
Austria 31,121 32,843 39,465
Azerbaijan 300 80 120
Belize 160 495 1,655
Benin 1,003 4,296 7,000
Bhutan 1,300 1,300 1,300
Bolivia 886,573 1,231,560 1,550,800
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,550 3,621 4,869
Brazil 25,682,636 32,734,958 51,532,344
Bulgaria 13,666 2,000 3,000
Burkina Faso 3,322 3,475 2,500
Burundi 500 300 300
Cambodia 17,240 28,111 39,000
Cameroon 4,900 5,876 7,917
Canada 2,293,000 2,703,000 2,268,300
Chile 0 0 0
China 13,510,894 15,411,495 16,500,368
Colombia 94,993 37,829 55,000
Congo, Dem Republic of 18,000 11,368 14,108
Costa Rica 0 0 0
Croatia 34,319 65,299 82,591
Czech Republic 634 2,348 11,918
Côte d'Ivoire 2,700 3,000 3,000
Ecuador 90,959 94,100 111,423
Egypt 63,427 10,518 17,000
El Salvador 2,100 2,500 2,500
Ethiopia 22,000 25,000 27,000
France 261,900 201,033 147,000
French Guiana 0 0 0
Gabon 2,000 2,200 2,200
Georgia 150 2,477 1,036
Germany 1,000 1,000 1,000
Greece 5,000 4,000 4,000
Guatemala 36,570 29,937 35,500
Guyana 0 0 0
Honduras 10,000 3,000 2,900
Hungary 19,270 30,785 55,000
India 5,096,000 5,275,800 6,800,000
Indonesia 1,680,010 1,018,000 672,439
Iran 79,000 142,000 115,000
Italy 732,448 903,490 424,452
Japan 119,000 235,000 231,600
Jordan 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 3,715 3,970 25,000
Korea, DPR 390,000 350,000 360,000
Korea, Republic of 159,640 113,196 115,024
Laos 4,837 5,403 3,000
Latvia 0 0 0
Liberia 2,000 3,000 3,000
Madagascar 60 50 50
Malaysia 0 0 0
Mexico 189,774 102,314 75,686
Moldova 3,094 11,644 19,396
Morocco 4,010 1,200 1,000
Myanmar 49,731 98,952 130,000
Nepal 14,090 16,780 19,264
New Zealand 0 0 0
Nicaragua 20,545 6,427 5,488
Nigeria 287,000 429,000 484,000
Pakistan 7,228 10,000 10,000
Panama 100 100 100
Paraguay 2,212,109 2,980,060 4,400,000
Peru 1,358 3,128 2,500
Philippines 3,524 953 700
Romania 107,861 69,473 ..
Russian Federation 290,240 341,920 393,330
Rwanda 8,155 13,922 19,869
Senegal 0 0 0
Serbia and Montenegro 107,254 170,593 225,963
Slovakia 1,066 4,814 12,210
Slovenia 40 69 100
South Africa 58,532 153,472 148,000
Spain 4,704 6,677 300
Sri Lanka 2,367 640 3,170
Suriname 28 25 55
Switzerland 4,848 3,800 7,000
Syrian Arab Republic 11,247 3,804 4,712
Tajikistan 7 21 20
Tanzania 2,100 2,100 2,100
Thailand 453,700 312,000 267,748
Timor-Leste 913 800 640
Turkey 75,000 44,500 65,000
Uganda 79,000 120,000 166,000
Ukraine 22,000 64,000 110,000
United States of America 59,174,000 75,055,288 65,795,340
Uruguay 15,500 6,800 183,000
Venezuela 2,716 4,495 3,799
Viet Nam 125,500 149,300 225,300
Zambia 21,129 28,311 2,400
Zimbabwe 77,290 143,592 83,139
source: FAOSTAT data, 2004.