Brazil vs Mexico: Margarine and shortening — Production

Brazil
904,975 t
in 2023
Mexico
538,699 t
in 2023
Brazil rank
2nd
Mexico rank
4th

Margarine and shortening — Production over time

  • Brazil
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 904,975 t against 538,699 t in Mexico, a difference of 366,276 t.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.7 times Mexico's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 2nd and Mexico ranks 4th of 97 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Mexico Difference Ahead
1960s 32,631 t 5,751 t 26,880 t Brazil
1970s 139,196 t 13,810 t 125,386 t Brazil
1980s 282,880 t 27,612 t 255,268 t Brazil
1990s 406,000 t 35,252 t 370,748 t Brazil
2000s 493,760 t 49,897 t 443,863 t Brazil
2010s 655,729 t 378,833 t 276,896 t Brazil
2020s 904,811 t 567,012 t 337,799 t Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher margarine and shortening — production, Brazil or Mexico?
Brazil, at 904,975 t against 538,699 t in Mexico as of 2023.
What is the difference in margarine and shortening — production between Brazil and Mexico?
366,276 t, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Mexico?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Mexico rank globally for margarine and shortening — production?
Brazil ranks 2nd and Mexico ranks 4th of 97 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Margarine and shortening — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Margarine and shortening — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
137 places, 7,206 data points, 1961–2023
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.