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Soybeans use by country

China used 32% of the world’s soybeans in 2024; the top three countries used 62%.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Soybeans useShare of world use, 2024

Summary

The countries that report used 395 Mt of soybeans in 2024, 7% more than in 2023. China 126 Mt (32%), the United States 67.2 Mt (17%) and Argentina 51.6 Mt (13%); together, 62% of the world total.

174 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 8 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map. Use is production plus imports minus exports. It covers food, animal feed, industrial uses, seed and waste, and leaves out changes in stocks; FAOSTAT’s food balance sheets, which split these, come two years or more later.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Use, worked out as production plus imports minus exports, in million tonnes (Mt) or tonnes (t), for every country with a figure for 2024. e: FAOSTAT’s own estimate or imputation.
China126 Mt31.8%20.7 Mt105 Mt66,000 t
United States67.2 Mt17.0%119 Mt661,000 t52.3 Mt
Argentina51.6 Mt13.1%48.2 Mt7.6 Mt4.1 Mt
Brazil46.5 Mt11.8%144 Mt822,000 t98.8 Mt
India15.7 Mt4.0%15.1 Mt593,000 t7,000 t
Russia7.6 Mt1.9%7.0 Mt1.4 Mt714,000 t
Mexico6.8 Mt1.7%265,000 t6.6 Mt0 t
Thailand3.9 Mt1.0%16,000 t3.9 Mt246 t
Türkiye3.9 Mt1.0%180,000 t3.8 Mt56,000 t
Germany3.8 Mt1.0%132,000 t3.7 Mt41,000 t
Spain3.7 Mt0.9%11,000 t3.7 Mt5,000 t
Italy3.6 Mt0.9%1.1 Mt2.5 Mt29,000 t
Egypt3.4 Mte0.9%75,000 t3.4 Mt30 t
Japan3.4 Mte0.9%252,000 t3.2 Mt154 t
Ukraine3.2 Mt0.8%6.6 Mt1,000 t3.4 Mt
Paraguay3.1 Mt0.8%11.1 Mt6,000 t8.0 Mt
Bolivia3.0 Mte0.8%3.2 Mt2,000 t202,000 t
Indonesia2.9 Mt0.7%227,000 t2.7 Mt3,000 t
Netherlands2.8 Mt0.7%0 t3.6 Mt790,000 t
Canada2.8 Mt0.7%7.6 Mt300,000 t5.1 Mt
Iran2.7 Mt0.7%200,000 t2.5 Mt42 t
Taiwan2.5 Mte0.6%5,000 t2.5 Mt70 t
Vietnam2.3 Mt0.6%46,000 t2.3 Mt130 t
Bangladesh2.1 Mt0.5%107,000 t2.0 Mt1 t
South Africa1.8 Mte0.4%1.8 Mt62,000 t150,000 t
Algeria1.6 Mt0.4%0 t1.6 Mt9 t
South Korea1.3 Mt0.3%155,000 t1.1 Mt7 t
Portugal1.1 Mt0.3%0 t1.1 Mt11,000 t
United Kingdom1.1 Mt0.3%0 t1.1 Mt3,000 t
Pakistan1.0 Mt0.3%3 t1.0 Mt502 t
France939,000 t0.2%399,000 t631,000 t90,000 t
Nigeria931,000 t0.2%1.2 Mt64,000 t283,000 t
Iraq724,000 te0.2%34 t724,000 t0 t
Malaysia692,000 t0.2%0 t704,000 t12,000 t
Colombia679,000 t0.2%235,000 t444,000 t0 t
Tunisia552,000 t0.1%0 t552,000 t0 t
Serbia541,000 t0.1%347,000 t202,000 t8,000 t
Uruguay456,000 t0.1%3.1 Mt67,000 t2.7 Mt
Saudi Arabia391,000 t0.1%0 t391,000 t1 t
Norway347,000 t0.1%0 t347,000 t17 t
Togo324,000 te0.1%284,000 t89,000 t49,000 t
Hungary302,000 t0.1%259,000 t174,000 t131,000 t
Malawi295,000 t0.1%305,000 t2,000 t13,000 t
Austria279,000 t0.1%249,000 t159,000 t129,000 t
Costa Rica264,000 t0.1%0 t264,000 t1 t
Belarus241,000 t0.1%0 t241,000 t0 t
Kazakhstan238,000 t0.1%208,000 t71,000 t40,000 t
Israel236,000 te0.1%0 t236,000 t0 t
Greece233,000 t0.1%2,000 t233,000 t2,000 t
Romania229,000 t0.1%317,000 t135,000 t223,000 t
Peru225,000 t0.1%2,000 t222,000 t5 t
Belgium220,000 t0.1%0 t349,000 t129,000 t
Ghana185,000 t<0.1%270,000 t3,000 t88,000 t
North Korea185,000 t<0.1%180,000 t5,000 t0 t
Zimbabwe184,000 t<0.1%69,000 t115,000 t22 t
Zambia156,000 t<0.1%170,000 t20 t14,000 t
Uganda152,000 t<0.1%155,000 t7,000 t11,000 t
Myanmar144,000 t<0.1%140,000 t4,000 t20 t
Ethiopia135,000 t<0.1%240,000 t0 t105,000 t
Burkina Faso124,000 te<0.1%138,000 t101 t15,000 t
Nepal118,000 t<0.1%29,000 t90,000 t22 t
Venezuela117,000 te<0.1%11,000 t106,000 t0 t
United Arab Emirates107,000 t<0.1%0 t109,000 t2,000 t
Philippines106,000 t<0.1%506 t105,000 t0 t
Poland103,000 t<0.1%81,000 t165,000 t142,000 t
Lebanon88,000 te<0.1%0 t88,000 t0 t
Chile83,000 t<0.1%0 t86,000 t3,000 t
Uzbekistan81,000 t<0.1%13,000 t68,000 t220 t
Czechia79,000 t<0.1%74,000 t51,000 t46,000 t
Moldova65,000 t<0.1%32,000 t35,000 t895 t
Australia62,000 t<0.1%65,000 t1,000 t5,000 t
Mozambique58,000 t<0.1%70,000 t9,000 t20,000 t
Slovakia52,000 t<0.1%153,000 t46,000 t147,000 t
Angola48,000 t<0.1%47,000 t1,000 t60 t
Cambodia47,000 t<0.1%51,000 t9,000 t13,000 t
Guatemala45,000 t<0.1%45,000 t173 t10 t
Denmark45,000 t<0.1%0 t48,000 t3,000 t
Croatia41,000 t<0.1%255,000 t24,000 t238,000 t
Rwanda41,000 t<0.1%37,000 t4,000 t0 t
Tanzania39,000 te<0.1%43,000 t549 t5,000 t
Panama38,000 te<0.1%96 t38,000 t0 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina36,000 t<0.1%32,000 t9,000 t4,000 t
Dominican Republic36,000 t<0.1%0 t36,000 t0 t
Morocco31,000 te<0.1%1,000 t30,000 t0 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo29,000 t<0.1%28,000 t145 t18 t
Barbados27,000 t<0.1%0 t27,000 t0 t
Kenya26,000 t<0.1%17,000 t8,000 t0 t
Mali22,000 t<0.1%23,000 t150 t941 t
Slovenia20,000 t<0.1%12,000 t108,000 t99,000 t
Singapore20,000 t<0.1%0 t21,000 t755 t
Switzerland18,000 te<0.1%7,000 t11,000 t38 t
Hong Kong17,000 t<0.1%0 t18,000 t618 t
Azerbaijan13,000 te<0.1%30 t16,000 t3,000 t
Sweden11,000 t<0.1%0 t12,000 t137 t
Kyrgyzstan10,000 t<0.1%3,000 t7,000 t0 t
Brunei9,000 t<0.1%0 t9,000 t0 t
Laos9,000 te<0.1%8,000 t1,000 t23 t
Afghanistan9,000 te<0.1%7,000 t2,000 t0 t
Tajikistan9,000 te<0.1%21 t9,000 t0 t
Sierra Leone8,000 t<0.1%7,000 t33 t0 t
Jordan7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t0 t
Eswatini6,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t620 t
Sri Lanka6,000 t<0.1%6,000 t114 t22 t
Turkmenistan6,000 t<0.1%0 t6,000 t0 t
Finland6,000 t<0.1%0 t6,000 t11 t
El Salvador5,000 te<0.1%5,000 t29 t0 t
Cuba5,000 te<0.1%1,000 t4,000 t0 t
Gabon5,000 te<0.1%4,000 t522 t0 t
Honduras4,000 te<0.1%2,000 t1,000 t1 t
Timor-Leste3,000 te<0.1%861 t3,000 t0 t
Liberia3,000 te<0.1%3,000 t2 t0 t
Armenia3,000 t<0.1%0 t3,000 t0 t
Bulgaria3,000 t<0.1%630 t2,000 t7 t
New Zealand3,000 t<0.1%0 t3,000 t26 t
Botswana2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t0 t
Georgia2,000 t<0.1%2,000 t24 t0 t
Cyprus1,000 t<0.1%0 t1,000 t0 t
Montenegro830 t<0.1%0 t830 t0 t
Albania814 t<0.1%813 t1 t0 t
Luxembourg806 t<0.1%50 t759 t3 t
Senegal641 t<0.1%0 t821 t180 t
Macao595 t<0.1%0 t595 t0 t
Seychelles591 t<0.1%0 t591 t0 t
Jamaica565 t<0.1%0 t565 t0 t
Syria463 t<0.1%4,000 t130 t3,000 t
Kuwait323 t<0.1%0 t323 t0 t
Mongolia216 t<0.1%0 t216 t0 t
Mauritius209 t<0.1%0 t210 t1 t
Madagascar190 te<0.1%48 t142 t0 t
Qatar187 t<0.1%0 t188 t0 t
Republic of the Congo123 t<0.1%0 t123 t0 t
Guyana110 t<0.1%0 t110 t0 t
Bhutan80 t<0.1%80 t0 t0 t
Namibia76 t<0.1%0 t76 t0 t
Trinidad and Tobago65 t<0.1%0 t66 t1 t
Suriname63 te<0.1%2 t60 t0 t
North Macedonia61 te<0.1%55 t6 t0 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47 t<0.1%0 t47 t0 t
Iceland47 t<0.1%0 t47 t0 t
Bahamas45 t<0.1%0 t45 t0 t
Bahrain45 t<0.1%0 t45 t0 t
New Caledonia42 t<0.1%0 t42 t0 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis37 t<0.1%0 t37 t0 t
Papua New Guinea32 t<0.1%0 t32 t0 t
Oman30 t<0.1%0 t30 t0 t
Cabo Verde27 t<0.1%0 t27 t0 t
Fiji25 t<0.1%0 t25 t0 t
Maldives22 t<0.1%0 t22 t0 t
Equatorial Guinea21 t<0.1%0 t21 t0 t
Latvia20 t<0.1%0 t43 t23 t
French Polynesia15 te<0.1%11 t4 t0 t
Saint Lucia14 t<0.1%0 t14 t0 t
Malta13 t<0.1%0 t13 t0 t
Niger9 t<0.1%0 t9 t0 t
South Sudan8 t<0.1%0 t8 t0 t
Palestine6 t<0.1%0 t6 t0 t
Guinea5 t<0.1%0 t5 t0 t
Faroe Islands4 t<0.1%0 t4 t0 t
Lesotho3 t<0.1%0 t3 t0 t
Yemen2 t<0.1%0 t2 t0 t
Gambia1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Solomon Islands1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Samoa1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Palau0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Cook Islands0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Marshall Islands0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
São Tomé and Príncipe0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Tonga0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Guinea-Bissau0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Antigua and Barbuda0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Micronesia0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Libya0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Vanuatu0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Djibouti0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Total, reporting countries395 Mt100%

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Not yet reported

Belize (2023: 29,000 t); Burundi (2023: 2,000 t); Cameroon (2023: 107,000 t); Côte d'Ivoire (2023: 4,000 t); Ireland (2023: 27,000 t); Lithuania (2023: 2,000 t); Nicaragua (2023: 10,000 t); Mauritania (2023: 2,000 t).

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