Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre by country
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
110
Highest
30.3 tonnes per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0 tonnes per square kilometre
Yemen
Median
0.0113 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,521
What the numbers show
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 30.3 tonnes per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0 tonnes per square kilometre in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0113 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.5935 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 356.2%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 30.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 16.19 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 3.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 1.7 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1.39 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Rwanda | 1.26 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Benin | 0.9844 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 0.9617 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 10 | China | 0.821 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 11 | North Korea | 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre | 2018 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.5008 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Austria | 0.4241 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Samoa | 0.3597 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Nigeria | 0.3294 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 0.2831 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 0.2668 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 356.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 0.2662 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Malawi | 0.244 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 20 | El Salvador | 0.2413 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 0.2175 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 22 | East Timor | 0.2017 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 23 | Brunei | 0.1898 tonnes per square kilometre | 2009 | unchanged | volatile |
| 24 | Belize | 0.1754 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Panama | 0.1213 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Zambia | 0.117 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 0.103 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Jordan | 0.1014 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | India | 0.0898 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Burundi | 0.0779 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 31 | Cuba | 0.0674 tonnes per square kilometre | 2019 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 0.0648 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0586 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 34 | New Caledonia | 0.0547 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Switzerland | 0.0506 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0.0497 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 0.0462 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 0.046 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.0436 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 0.0414 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.0392 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 0.0311 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 0.025 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 0.0248 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 0.0234 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Laos | 0.0217 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | 0.0181 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.0171 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Kenya | 0.0155 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Ireland | 0.0145 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 0.0144 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0141 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 0.0131 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 0.0128 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 0.0114 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0.0111 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0106 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.0104 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Italy | 0.0101 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 0.0093 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 0.0078 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 0.0071 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 0.0071 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bolivia | 0.0065 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | 0.006 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0.0057 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Syria | 0.0054 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 0.0051 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 0.0044 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Canada | 0.0039 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0031 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Norway | 0.0027 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 0.0027 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Sweden | 0.0025 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0022 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Mexico | 0.0015 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0014 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Turkey | 0.0013 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | United States | 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Australia | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Russia | 0.0002 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Belgium | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Belarus | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Brazil | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Cameroon | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Fiji | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Guyana | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Libya | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Madagascar | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Mauritania | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Netherlands | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Eswatini | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Tanzania | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Uganda | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Ukraine | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Yemen | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.