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Botswana vs El Salvador: Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?

Botswana
4,000 tonnes
in 2023
El Salvador
5,000 tonnes
in 2023
Botswana rank
46th
El Salvador rank
43rd

Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? over time

  • Botswana
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 5,000 tonnes against 4,000 tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 1,000 tonnes.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

Botswana ranks 46th and El Salvador ranks 43rd of 190 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
191 places, 9,615 data points, 1961–2023
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Quantity that is allocated for direct consumption as human food, rather than allocation to animal feed or industrial uses.