Coconut oil — Production in Africa
Africa: Coconut oil — Production was 86,976 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Coconut oil — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 86,976 t for coconut oil — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in Africa peaked at 141,608 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 35,923 t, in 1961.
That places Africa 9th out of 30 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,927 t | 35,923 t | 49,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,672 t | 50,210 t | 92,116 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 122,271 t | 101,090 t | 135,897 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 128,155 t | 122,063 t | 141,608 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,457 t | 105,901 t | 128,392 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 97,978 t | 86,312 t | 108,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,609 t | 86,976 t | 93,942 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 6 Papua New Guinea 43,900 t compare
- 7 Sri Lanka 43,475 t compare
- 8 Belgium-Luxembourg 40,966 t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 29,300 t compare
- 9 Thailand 29,300 t compare
- 11 Mozambique 27,100 t compare
- 12 Jamaica 13,550 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in Africa?
- Coconut oil — production in Africa was 86,976 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 141,608 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,923 t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for coconut oil — production?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 30 regions with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconut oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.