What is the difference in soybean production between Italy and Nigeria?

24,420 tonnes, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Nigeria?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Soybean production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Nigeria: Soybean production

Italy

1.13 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

1.15 million tonnes

in 2024

Italy rank

14th

Nigeria rank

13th

Soybean production over time

Italy
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.15 million tonnes against 1.13 million tonnes in Italy, a difference of 24,420 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Italy ranks 14th and Nigeria ranks 13th of 116 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	256.11 tonnes	62,000 tonnes	61,744 tonnes	Nigeria
1970s	261.3 tonnes	66,300 tonnes	66,039 tonnes	Nigeria
1980s	589,188 tonnes	100,500 tonnes	488,688 tonnes	Italy
1990s	1.03 million tonnes	264,300 tonnes	766,532 tonnes	Italy
2000s	562,813 tonnes	511,859 tonnes	50,954 tonnes	Italy
2010s	854,405 tonnes	727,114 tonnes	127,291 tonnes	Italy
2020s	1.02 million tonnes	1.28 million tonnes	260,862 tonnes	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean production, Italy or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 1.15 million tonnes against 1.13 million tonnes in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean production between Italy and Nigeria?: 24,420 tonnes, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Nigeria?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Italy and Nigeria rank globally for soybean production?: Italy ranks 14th and Nigeria ranks 13th of 116 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Soybean production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Soybean production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 116 places, 5,570 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Soybean production is measured in tonnes.