Soyabeans Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data record 13,040 thousand tonnes of listed soyabeans food supply in 2023 across 157 reporters with reported values. China accounts for 7,708 thousand tonnes of that total, ahead of Indonesia at 2,626 thousand tonnes and Vietnam at 533 thousand tonnes. Belize records the highest per-capita food supply at 9.76 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values in individual years.

China leads the 2023 ranking at 7,708 thousand tonnes, 2.94 times Indonesia at 2,626 thousand tonnes. Belize tops the per-capita ranking at 9.76 kilograms per person per year from just 4 thousand tonnes, just ahead of Indonesia at 9.34 kilograms.

Soyabeans Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed soyabeans food supply in 2023 at 7,708 thousand tonnes.
• Indonesia ranked second at 2,626 thousand tonnes, followed by Vietnam at 533 thousand tonnes.
• Belize had the highest per-capita food supply at 9.76 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 13,040 thousand tonnes across 157 reporters with reported values.
• Among 157 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed soyabeans food supply increased by 900 thousand tonnes, or 7.4 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

In 2023, China led listed soyabeans food supply at 7,708 thousand tonnes, with Indonesia second at 2,626 thousand tonnes and Vietnam third at 533 thousand tonnes. South Korea followed at 309 thousand tonnes and Nigeria at 300 thousand tonnes. Belize's 9.76 kilograms per person per year lead the per-capita ranking, followed by Indonesia at 9.34 kilograms.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 157 reporters with data in both years rose from 12,934 thousand tonnes to 13,040 thousand tonnes, a gain of 106 thousand tonnes (0.8 percent). China's 460-thousand-tonne increase more than offset declines in Indonesia, Nigeria, Taiwan, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 7.4 percent, with China contributing 85.6 percent of the increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of soyabeans actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	7.71K	5.42
2	Indonesia ID	2.63K	9.34
3	Vietnam VN	533	5.31
4	South Korea KR	309	5.97
5	Nigeria NG	300	1.32
6	India IN	267	0.19
7	Taiwan TW	207	8.89
8	Thailand TH	136	1.9
9	Bangladesh BD	125	0.73
10	Malaysia MY	93	2.66
11	Zambia ZM	87	4.18
12	Germany DE	76	0.9
13	Burkina Faso BF	73	3.19
14	Austria AT	35	3.86
15	Canada CA	34	0.87
16	Rwanda RW	31	2.2
17	Afghanistan AF	30	0.72
18	Peru PE	30	0.9
19	Myanmar MM	27	0.5
20	DR Congo CD	24	0.22
21	Malawi MW	23	1.1
22	South Africa ZA	22	0.34
23	Colombia CO	19	0.37
24	Angola AO	18	0.5
25	Hong Kong HK	17	2.29
26	Tunisia TN	16	1.3
27	Philippines PH	13	0.11
28	Jordan JO	9	0.77
29	Kenya KE	9	0.16
30	Panama PA	9	2.12
31	Ethiopia ET	8	0.06
32	United States US	8	0.02
33	Bolivia BO	7	0.58
34	Australia AU	6	0.23
35	France FR	6	0.08
36	Turkmenistan TM	6	0.82
37	United Kingdom GB	6	0.09
38	Czech Republic CZ	5	0.44
39	El Salvador SV	5	0.78
40	Laos LA	5	0.69
41	Belize BZ	4	9.76
42	Botswana BW	4	1.7
43	Mozambique MZ	4	0.11
44	Poland PL	4	0.09
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	3	0.95
46	Italy IT	3	0.04
47	Liberia LR	3	0.49
48	Mexico MX	3	0.02
49	New Zealand NZ	3	0.67
50	Russia RU	3	0.02
51	Saudi Arabia SA	3	0.08
52	Spain ES	3	0.06
53	Timor-Leste TL	3	2.11
54	Zimbabwe ZW	3	0.19
55	Chile CL	2	0.08
56	Costa Rica CR	2	0.32
57	Senegal SN	2	0.09
58	Switzerland CH	2	0.26
59	Denmark DK	1	0.09
60	Ghana GH	1	0.02
61	Guatemala GT	1	0.06
62	Ireland IE	1	0.15
63	Israel IL	1	0.1
64	Ivory Coast CI	1	0.04
65	Kazakhstan KZ	1	0.04
66	Macau MO	1	1.73
67	Mauritius MU	1	0.5
68	New Caledonia NC	1	2.2
69	Norway NO	1	0.1
70	Papua New Guinea PG	1	0.12
71	Samoa WS	1	2.51
72	Slovenia SI	1	0.49
73	Sweden SE	1	0.13
74	Syria SY	1	0.02
75	Türkiye TR	1	0.01
76	United Arab Emirates AE	1	0.1
77	Albania AL	0	0.01
78	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.12
79	Armenia AM	0	0.03
80	Azerbaijan AZ	0	0.01
81	Bahamas BS	0	0.09
82	Bahrain BH	0	0.08
83	Barbados BB	0	0.08
84	Belarus BY	0	0.02
85	Belgium BE	0	0.03
86	Bhutan BT	0	0.1
87	Bulgaria BG	0	0.04
88	Cambodia KH	0	0.02
89	Cameroon CM	0	0
90	Cape Verde CV	0	0.01
91	Comoros KM	0	0
92	Congo CG	0	0.02
93	Croatia HR	0	0.01
94	Cyprus CY	0	0.05
95	Djibouti DJ	0	0.01
96	Dominican Republic DO	0	0.02
97	Estonia EE	0	0.05
98	Eswatini SZ	0	0.04
99	Fiji FJ	0	0.35
100	Finland FI	0	0.07
101	French Polynesia PF	0	0.59
102	Gambia GM	0	0
103	Georgia GE	0	0.03
104	Greece GR	0	0.01
105	Grenada GD	0	0.03
106	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
107	Guyana GY	0	0.28
108	Haiti HT	0	0
109	Honduras HN	0	0.01
110	Hungary HU	0	0.01
111	Iceland IS	0	0.14
112	Jamaica JM	0	0.01
113	Kiribati KI	0	3.32
114	Kuwait KW	0	0.06
115	Kyrgyzstan KG	0	0.04
116	Latvia LV	0	0.06
117	Lebanon LB	0	0.03
118	Lesotho LS	0	0.09
119	Libya LY	0	0
120	Lithuania LT	0	0.05
121	Luxembourg LU	0	0.06
122	Maldives MV	0	0.23
123	Malta MT	0	0.08
124	Marshall Islands MH	0	3.37
125	Mauritania MR	0	0
126	Micronesia FM	0	1.69
127	Moldova MD	0	0.04
128	Mongolia MN	0	0.04
129	Montenegro ME	0	0.02
130	Morocco MA	0	0.01
131	Namibia NA	0	0.03
132	Nauru NR	0	2.37
133	Nepal NP	0	0
134	Netherlands NL	0	0
135	Nicaragua NI	0	0.01
136	North Macedonia MK	0	0.06
137	Oman OM	0	0.03
138	Paraguay PY	0	0.01
139	Portugal PT	0	0.04
140	Qatar QA	0	0.08
141	Romania RO	0	0.01
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	2.66
143	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.42
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.36
145	Serbia RS	0	0.01
146	Seychelles SC	0	0.29
147	Sierra Leone SL	0	0
148	Slovakia SK	0	0.04
149	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.09
150	Suriname SR	0	0.2
151	Tanzania TZ	0	0
152	Tonga TO	0	0.38
153	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0.06
154	Tuvalu TV	0	0.27
155	Ukraine UA	0	0.01
156	Uruguay UY	0	0.02
157	Vanuatu VU	0	0.1

Soyabeans Consumption by Country in 2023

China holds 7,708 thousand tonnes, or 59.1 percent of the 13,040-thousand-tonne listed total. Indonesia follows at 2,626 thousand tonnes (20.1 percent) and Vietnam at 533 thousand tonnes (4.1 percent), with South Korea fourth at 309 thousand tonnes and Nigeria fifth at 300 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters account for 83.3 percent of the listed total, while the top five account for 88.0 percent and the top ten account for 94.4 percent. Only two reporters exceed 1,000 thousand tonnes.

China Adds 460 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Edges Up 0.8 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 157 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 12,934 thousand tonnes to 13,040 thousand tonnes, a gain of 106 thousand tonnes (0.8 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 157 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. China added 460 thousand tonnes (up 6.3 percent), while Zambia added 48 thousand tonnes (up 123.1 percent) and Afghanistan added 28 thousand tonnes (up 1,400.0 percent). Indonesia fell 156 thousand tonnes (down 5.6 percent), Nigeria fell 121 thousand tonnes (down 28.7 percent), Taiwan fell 79 thousand tonnes (down 27.6 percent), Ethiopia fell 27 thousand tonnes (down 77.1 percent) and Burkina Faso fell 25 thousand tonnes (down 25.5 percent).

China Contributes 85.6 Percent of Growth Since 2019

For the 157 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 12,140 thousand tonnes to 13,040 thousand tonnes, a gain of 900 thousand tonnes (7.4 percent). The 2019 total includes 158 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 157; Cuba, with 7 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. China added 770 thousand tonnes (up 11.1 percent), Nigeria added 210 thousand tonnes (up 233.3 percent), Burkina Faso added 50 thousand tonnes (up 217.4 percent), India added 43 thousand tonnes (up 19.2 percent) and Zambia added 42 thousand tonnes (up 93.3 percent), while Indonesia fell 194 thousand tonnes (down 6.9 percent) and Ethiopia fell 30 thousand tonnes (down 78.9 percent). Afghanistan added 30 thousand tonnes from a zero base.

Apart from China, the five-year growth comes in small pieces: Nigeria's 210 thousand tonnes are the next-largest gain, and no other reporter adds more than 50 thousand tonnes. Indonesia's 194-thousand-tonne decline partly offsets the total. Per capita, Belize's 9.76 kilograms from 4 thousand tonnes lead Indonesia at 9.34 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 5.42 kilograms.

What Does Soyabeans Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the soyabeans figure used here covers soyabeans recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much soyabeans people actually consumed. Soyabeans crushed for oil or used as animal feed are recorded elsewhere and sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	6.94K	4.87	7.75K	5.43	7.36K	5.16	7.25K	5.09	7.71K	5.42
2	Indonesia	2.82K	10.35	2.68K	9.75	2.62K	9.48	2.78K	9.98	2.63K	9.34
3	Vietnam	519	5.34	476	4.85	497	5.03	519	5.21	533	5.31
4	South Korea	311	6.01	288	5.55	318	6.13	295	5.7	309	5.97
5	Nigeria	90	0.43	188	0.88	280	1.28	421	1.89	300	1.32
6	India	224	0.16	245	0.17	242	0.17	256	0.18	267	0.19
7	Taiwan	206	8.71	196	8.28	234	9.95	286	12.21	207	8.89
8	Thailand	154	2.16	157	2.18	142	1.98	138	1.92	136	1.9
9	Bangladesh	112	0.68	114	0.69	114	0.68	121	0.72	125	0.73
10	Malaysia	84	2.51	85	2.49	101	2.94	96	2.76	93	2.66
11	Zambia	45	2.45	31	1.64	42	2.16	39	1.92	87	4.18
12	Germany	77	0.92	84	1	79	0.94	77	0.92	76	0.9
13	Burkina Faso	23	1.09	68	3.15	76	3.43	98	4.34	73	3.19
14	Austria	26	2.92	27	3.07	18	2.01	33	3.59	35	3.86
15	Canada	32	0.85	32	0.84	33	0.86	34	0.87	34	0.87
16	Rwanda	29	2.28	24	1.87	33	2.5	42	3.11	31	2.2
17	Afghanistan	0	0	8	0.2	0	0.01	2	0.06	30	0.72
18	Peru	44	1.36	41	1.26	44	1.32	48	1.43	30	0.9
19	Myanmar	35	0.67	31	0.58	29	0.54	27	0.51	27	0.5
20	DR Congo	21	0.23	22	0.23	22	0.23	23	0.22	24	0.22
21	Malawi	37	1.94	6	0.3	31	1.54	38	1.86	23	1.1
22	South Africa	24	0.4	23	0.39	22	0.36	22	0.35	22	0.34
23	Colombia	21	0.43	18	0.35	16	0.32	18	0.34	19	0.37
24	Angola	11	0.34	21	0.61	19	0.54	18	0.5	18	0.5
25	Hong Kong	20	2.62	19	2.55	17	2.28	18	2.35	17	2.29
26	Tunisia	14	1.19	16	1.31	16	1.32	16	1.3	16	1.3
27	Philippines	16	0.15	17	0.15	15	0.13	16	0.14	13	0.11
28	Jordan	1	0.1	10	0.93	11	1.01	20	1.78	9	0.77
29	Kenya	1	0.02	5	0.1	4	0.08	9	0.16	9	0.16
30	Panama	8	1.99	8	1.87	8	1.8	9	2.08	9	2.12
31	Ethiopia	38	0.33	87	0.73	68	0.56	35	0.28	8	0.06
32	United States	10	0.03	10	0.03	9	0.03	9	0.03	8	0.02
33	Bolivia	7	0.56	7	0.57	7	0.57	7	0.58	7	0.58
34	Australia	5	0.21	6	0.23	6	0.22	6	0.24	6	0.23
35	France	4	0.07	5	0.07	6	0.09	6	0.09	6	0.08
36	Turkmenistan	0	0.02	2	0.27	2	0.22	2	0.25	6	0.82
37	United Kingdom	5	0.07	7	0.1	7	0.1	5	0.08	6	0.09
38	Czech Republic	5	0.46	4	0.4	5	0.45	5	0.48	5	0.44
39	El Salvador	5	0.75	5	0.77	5	0.77	5	0.79	5	0.78
40	Laos	3	0.44	6	0.8	6	0.8	2	0.27	5	0.69
41	Belize	4	10.33	3	8.85	4	9.54	4	9.99	4	9.76
42	Botswana	4	1.62	3	1.07	3	1.24	3	1.36	4	1.7
43	Mozambique	0	0	7	0.23	2	0.08	1	0.02	4	0.11
44	Poland	4	0.11	2	0.06	3	0.08	4	0.1	4	0.09
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1.08	4	1.07	2	0.67	3	0.94	3	0.95
46	Italy	1	0.02	2	0.03	3	0.05	3	0.04	3	0.04
47	Liberia	3	0.55	3	0.53	3	0.53	3	0.56	3	0.49
48	Mexico	2	0.01	1	0.01	3	0.02	3	0.02	3	0.02
49	New Zealand	3	0.61	3	0.66	4	0.76	3	0.62	3	0.67
50	Russia	6	0.04	5	0.04	6	0.04	4	0.03	3	0.02
51	Saudi Arabia	2	0.05	2	0.06	2	0.05	1	0.04	3	0.08
52	Spain	2	0.04	1	0.03	2	0.04	3	0.05	3	0.06
53	Timor-Leste	2	1.61	2	1.85	2	1.83	2	1.65	3	2.11
54	Zimbabwe	1	0.08	4	0.23	3	0.21	3	0.18	3	0.19
55	Chile	1	0.07	1	0.07	2	0.1	1	0.07	2	0.08
56	Costa Rica	1	0.18	1	0.19	3	0.51	2	0.32	2	0.32
57	Senegal	1	0.04	1	0.04	0	0	2	0.09	2	0.09
58	Switzerland	2	0.25	2	0.24	3	0.36	3	0.33	2	0.26
59	Denmark	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.06	1	0.09	1	0.09
60	Ghana	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02
61	Guatemala	2	0.13	1	0.07	3	0.15	1	0.07	1	0.06
62	Ireland	1	0.2	1	0.16	0	0.1	1	0.14	1	0.15
63	Israel	1	0.11	1	0.09	1	0.14	1	0.11	1	0.1
64	Ivory Coast	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	1	0.04
65	Kazakhstan	1	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	1	0.04	1	0.04
66	Macau	2	2.49	1	1.85	1	1.74	1	1.84	1	1.73
67	Mauritius	0	0.23	0	0.22	0	0.2	0	0.25	1	0.5
68	New Caledonia	0	0.37	0	0.36	0	1.57	1	3.03	1	2.2
69	Norway	0	0.08	1	0.1	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.1
70	Papua New Guinea	0	0.05	0	0.03	1	0.05	1	0.07	1	0.12
71	Samoa	1	3.1	0	2.11	1	3.81	0	2.26	1	2.51
72	Slovenia	0	0.18	1	0.59	2	0.86	1	0.64	1	0.49
73	Sweden	1	0.09	1	0.1	1	0.11	2	0.15	1	0.13
74	Syria	2	0.11	3	0.13	2	0.07	1	0.04	1	0.02
75	Türkiye	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0.01
76	United Arab Emirates	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.12	1	0.13	1	0.1
77	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
78	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.09	0	0.01	0	0.1	0	0.11	0	0.12
79	Armenia	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03
80	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
81	Bahamas	0	0	0	0.07	0	0.27	0	0.03	0	0.09
82	Bahrain	2	1.48	2	1.04	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.08
83	Barbados	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.08
84	Belarus	8	0.88	4	0.39	6	0.64	6	0.61	0	0.02
85	Belgium	1	0.06	1	0.12	1	0.05	1	0.11	0	0.03
86	Bhutan	0	0.15	0	0.1	0	0.14	0	0.09	0	0.1
87	Bulgaria	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.05	0	0.04
88	Cambodia	2	0.13	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.06	0	0.02
89	Cameroon	23	0.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Cape Verde	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
91	Comoros	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
92	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.02
93	Croatia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
94	Cyprus	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.07	0	0.05
95	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0.01
96	Dominican Republic	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02
97	Estonia	0	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.05
98	Eswatini	0	0.06	0	0.09	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.04
99	Fiji	0	0.38	0	0.36	0	0.53	0	0.43	0	0.35
100	Finland	0	0.06	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.07
101	French Polynesia	0	0.07	0	0.6	0	0.61	0	0.69	0	0.59
102	Gambia	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Georgia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03
104	Greece	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
105	Grenada	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03
106	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
107	Guyana	1	1.65	2	2.39	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.28
108	Haiti	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
109	Honduras	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	2	0.22	0	0.01
110	Hungary	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01
111	Iceland	0	0.15	0	0.12	0	0.15	0	0.14	0	0.14
112	Jamaica	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
113	Kiribati	0	2.92	1	4.3	0	3.5	1	4.39	0	3.32
114	Kuwait	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.06
115	Kyrgyzstan	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04
116	Latvia	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06
117	Lebanon	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03
118	Lesotho	0	0.08	0	0.09	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.09
119	Libya	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Lithuania	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.05
121	Luxembourg	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.05	0	0.06
122	Maldives	0	0.2	0	0.06	0	0.17	0	0.27	0	0.23
123	Malta	0	0.06	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.03	0	0.08
124	Marshall Islands	0	0.92	0	1.24	0	1.17	0	2.91	0	3.37
125	Mauritania	0	0.01	0	0.01	-	-	0	0	0	0
126	Micronesia	0	0.62	0	0.67	0	0.77	0	1.71	0	1.69
127	Moldova	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.04
128	Mongolia	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.08	1	0.24	0	0.04
129	Montenegro	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02
130	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
131	Namibia	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.03
132	Nauru	0	2.52	0	2.62	0	2.68	0	1.74	0	2.37
133	Nepal	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
134	Netherlands	16	0.89	1	0.05	15	0.82	4	0.22	0	0
135	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
136	North Macedonia	1	0.74	1	0.49	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.06
137	Oman	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.03
138	Paraguay	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
139	Portugal	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.04
140	Qatar	0	0.08	0	0.13	0	0.07	0	0.12	0	0.08
141	Romania	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.06	0	0.12	0	0.88	0	1.53	0	2.66
143	Saint Lucia	0	0.06	0	0.04	0	0	0	0.21	0	0.42
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1.03	0	0.75	0	0.79	0	0.02	0	0.36
145	Serbia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01
146	Seychelles	0	2.72	0	1.48	0	0.99	0	0.7	0	0.29
147	Sierra Leone	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
148	Slovakia	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.04
149	Solomon Islands	0	0.08	0	0.09	0	0.11	0	0.09	0	0.09
150	Suriname	0	0.02	0	0.37	0	0.42	0	0.37	0	0.2
151	Tanzania	6	0.11	25	0.4	13	0.2	4	0.07	0	0
152	Tonga	0	0.14	0	0.21	0	0.26	0	0.21	0	0.38
153	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.12	0	0.06
154	Tuvalu	0	0.23	0	0.5	0	0.35	0	0.43	0	0.27
155	Ukraine	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
156	Uruguay	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
157	Vanuatu	0	0.12	0	0.11	0	0.13	0	0.05	0	0.1
158	Cuba	7	0.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, China had the largest listed soyabeans food supply among the 157 reporters with reported values, at 7,708 thousand tonnes. Indonesia ranked second at 2,626 thousand tonnes, while Vietnam ranked third at 533 thousand tonnes. Belize had the highest per-capita soyabeans food supply at 9.76 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of soyabeans actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Soyabeans from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe contains 158 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 13,040 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 157 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.