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Table 10 Total Oilseed Area, Yield, and Production 
  
World and Selected Countries and Regions
Date Created  03/08/2024 12:00:25 PM  
 
Country/Region Area
(Million hectares)
Yield
(Metric tons per hectare)
Production
(Million metric tons)
Change in Production
  2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj. From last month From last year
2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar MMT Percent MMT Percent
World Total----------------611.75637.28659.40658.68-0.72-0.1121.403.36
Total Foreign----------------480.43511.52537.03536.31-0.72-0.1324.784.84
Oilseed, Copra----------------6.046.016.056.03-0.02-0.400.020.37
Oilseed, Palm Kernel----------------19.1420.0720.7120.710.000.000.643.17
none
Major OilSeeds260.91266.95270.05270.232.252.292.342.34586.57611.20632.64631.95-0.70-0.1120.753.39
United States41.0539.9138.2838.283.203.153.203.20131.32125.75122.37122.370.000.00-3.38-2.69
none
Foreign Oilseeds219.86227.04231.77231.952.072.142.202.20455.25485.45510.27509.57-0.70-0.1424.124.97
 
South America68.6571.1874.3574.422.873.013.173.16196.76214.50235.83234.90-0.93-0.4020.409.51
  Brazil43.2346.4647.8447.843.123.593.383.36135.03166.85161.79160.79-1.00-0.62-6.06-3.63
  Argentina18.7717.7619.4819.482.661.772.882.8849.8831.4556.1456.10-0.04-0.0724.6578.38
  Paraguay3.513.743.713.701.232.752.842.844.3110.2710.5210.52-0.01-0.060.252.39
  Bolivia1.681.811.761.842.182.392.202.163.674.313.873.980.112.84-0.33-7.55
  Uruguay1.321.281.421.422.681.002.212.213.531.283.153.150.000.001.87146.75
 
China24.0225.9526.1426.142.582.622.582.5862.0767.9267.3267.320.000.00-0.60-0.88
 
South Asia41.7443.6144.3744.371.111.041.021.0346.4845.3545.1945.880.691.520.541.18
  India38.4940.1940.4040.401.101.030.991.0142.1541.3940.1540.840.691.71-0.55-1.34
  Pakistan2.532.493.063.061.311.081.241.243.312.693.803.800.000.001.1141.17
 
European Union11.0912.3612.5312.532.802.582.692.6831.0831.8833.6533.60-0.05-0.151.725.41
 
United Kingdom0.310.360.390.393.203.743.143.140.981.361.231.230.000.00-0.14-9.99
 
Former Soviet Union - 1227.7927.6528.5028.521.891.882.012.0252.6451.9057.3357.560.230.395.6610.90
  Russia14.2314.7414.8514.851.621.801.891.8923.1126.5528.0028.100.100.361.555.84
  Ukraine9.588.759.509.502.542.262.532.5424.3219.8024.0024.100.100.424.3021.72
  Uzbekistan1.051.071.051.051.131.281.151.151.191.371.211.210.000.00-0.16-11.97
 
Canada11.0610.7511.1611.161.862.362.322.3220.5525.3225.8725.870.000.000.552.18
 
Africa25.0624.2524.2624.350.981.051.061.0424.6725.3925.8325.20-0.63-2.42-0.19-0.73
  Nigeria4.974.874.874.871.111.151.151.155.505.615.605.600.000.00-0.01-0.25
  South Africa1.761.881.841.931.922.022.051.643.373.793.793.16-0.63-16.51-0.63-16.64
  Tanzania1.341.361.471.470.900.910.870.871.211.231.281.280.000.000.043.49
 
Southeast Asia3.123.083.053.051.361.361.391.394.234.184.234.230.000.000.051.12
  Burma1.951.941.951.951.161.181.241.242.252.282.412.410.000.000.135.47
  Indonesia0.900.870.840.841.551.521.491.491.391.321.261.260.000.00-0.07-4.92
 
Australia3.944.614.074.072.202.191.731.738.6810.117.047.040.000.00-3.08-30.42
 
Turkey1.341.471.271.272.612.712.432.433.493.983.093.090.000.00-0.90-22.51
 
Others1.751.781.691.692.062.012.182.183.623.573.673.670.000.000.102.83
 
World Total and Total Foreign: (Major Oilseeds plus copra and palm kernel) Major Oilseeds: (soybeans, sunflowerseeds, peanuts(inshell), cottonseed and rapeseed)