Which has higher soybean production, Uganda or Zambia?

Zambia, at 169,700 tonnes against 155,000 tonnes in Uganda as of 2024.

What is the difference in soybean production between Uganda and Zambia?

14,700 tonnes, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zambia?

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.

Uganda vs Zambia: Soybean production

Uganda

155,000 tonnes

in 2024

Zambia

169,700 tonnes

in 2024

Uganda rank

36th

Zambia rank

35th

Soybean production over time

Uganda
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 169,700 tonnes against 155,000 tonnes in Uganda, a difference of 14,700 tonnes.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

Uganda ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 35th of 116 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Uganda averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Uganda	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2,156 tonnes	0 tonnes	2,156 tonnes	Uganda
1970s	5,200 tonnes	761.2 tonnes	4,439 tonnes	Uganda
1980s	8,432 tonnes	12,039 tonnes	3,607 tonnes	Zambia
1990s	73,994 tonnes	24,169 tonnes	49,825 tonnes	Uganda
2000s	134,100 tonnes	45,396 tonnes	88,704 tonnes	Uganda
2010s	44,982 tonnes	233,604 tonnes	188,622 tonnes	Zambia
2020s	159,400 tonnes	422,620 tonnes	263,220 tonnes	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean production, Uganda or Zambia?: Zambia, at 169,700 tonnes against 155,000 tonnes in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean production between Uganda and Zambia?: 14,700 tonnes, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zambia?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Uganda and Zambia rank globally for soybean production?: Uganda ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 35th 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.