Coconut oil — Production in Seychelles
Seychelles: Coconut oil — Production was 16.15 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Coconut oil — Production in Seychelles, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 16.15 t for coconut oil — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 223.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in Seychelles peaked at 435 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1978.
That places Seychelles 62nd out of 92 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coconut oil — Production in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77 t | — |
| 1962 | 127 t | +64.9% |
| 1963 | 233 t | +83.5% |
| 1964 | 149 t | -36.1% |
| 1965 | 155 t | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 435 t | +180.6% |
| 1967 | 172 t | -60.5% |
| 1968 | 157 t | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 262 t | +66.9% |
| 1970 | 117 t | -55.3% |
| 1971 | 134 t | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 35 t | -73.9% |
| 1973 | 13 t | -62.9% |
| 1974 | 65 t | +400.0% |
| 1975 | 95 t | +46.2% |
| 1976 | 33 t | -65.3% |
| 1977 | 58 t | +75.8% |
| 1978 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 1979 | 184 t | — |
| 1980 | 213 t | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 233 t | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 175 t | -24.9% |
| 1983 | 145 t | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 180 t | +24.1% |
| 1985 | 145 t | -19.4% |
| 1986 | 135 t | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 105 t | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 64 t | -39.0% |
| 1989 | 41 t | -35.9% |
| 1990 | 27 t | -34.1% |
| 1991 | 34 t | +25.9% |
| 1992 | 71 t | +108.8% |
| 1993 | 84 t | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 98 t | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 102 t | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 214 t | +109.8% |
| 1997 | 171 t | -20.1% |
| 1998 | 141 t | -17.5% |
| 1999 | 164 t | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 180 t | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 220 t | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 160 t | -27.3% |
| 2003 | 138 t | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 139 t | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 138 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 140 t | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 23 t | -83.6% |
| 2008 | 15 t | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 17 t | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 10 t | -41.2% |
| 2011 | 6 t | -40.0% |
| 2012 | 7 t | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 5 t | -28.6% |
| 2014 | 15 t | +200.0% |
| 2015 | 5 t | -66.7% |
| 2016 | 6.76 t | +35.2% |
| 2017 | 6.38 t | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 6.81 t | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 6.92 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 7.43 t | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 10.85 t | +46.0% |
| 2022 | 16.93 t | +56.0% |
| 2023 | 16.15 t | -4.6% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 16.15 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.92 t, 8.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 16.15 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,482 t, 1% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconut oil — Production in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +400.0% | 13 t | 65 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 196.33 t | 77 t | 435 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73.4 t | 0 t | 184 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 143.6 t | 41 t | 233 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 110.6 t | 27 t | 214 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 117 t | 15 t | 220 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.49 t | 5 t | 15 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.84 t | 7.43 t | 16.93 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in Seychelles?
- Coconut oil — production in Seychelles was 16.15 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 435 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1978.
- How does Seychelles rank for coconut oil — production?
- Seychelles ranks 62nd out of 92 countries with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 223.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.