Coconut oil — Production in South Africa
South Africa: Coconut oil — Production was 0 t in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Coconut oil — Production in South Africa, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconut oil — production in South Africa is 0 t, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in South Africa peaked at 12,512 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places South Africa 68th out of 92 countries with data for 2018, 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 0 t | — |
| 1986 | 4,717 t | — |
| 1987 | 4,840 t | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,778 t | -42.6% |
| 1989 | 3,066 t | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 12,512 t | +308.1% |
| 1991 | 8,328 t | -33.4% |
| 1992 | 5,555 t | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 5,715 t | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 5,608 t | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 5,119 t | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 636.8 t | -87.6% |
| 1997 | 640 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 576 t | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 576 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 526.18 t | -8.6% |
| 2001 | 597.76 t | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 900 t | +50.6% |
| 2003 | 900 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 896 t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 960 t | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 976 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 815.36 t | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 32 t | -96.1% |
| 2009 | 60.8 t | +90.0% |
| 2010 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 t | — |
| 2012 | 0 t | — |
| 2013 | 0 t | — |
| 2014 | 0 t | — |
| 2015 | 0 t | — |
| 2016 | 0 t | — |
| 2017 | 0 t | — |
| 2018 | 0 t | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,540 t | 0 t | 4,840 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,526 t | 576 t | 12,512 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 666.41 t | 32 t | 976 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 65 Cuba 8.09 t compare
- 66 Mauritius 7.96 t compare
- 67 Ireland 1.92 t compare
- 68 Austria 0 t compare
- 68 Barbados 0 t compare
- 68 Comoros 0 t compare
- 68 Cook Islands 0 t compare
- 68 Czechoslovakia 0 t compare
- 68 Eswatini 0 t compare
- 68 Finland 0 t compare
- 68 France 0 t compare
- 68 Israel 0 t compare
- 68 Italy 0 t compare
- 68 Japan 0 t compare
- 68 Myanmar 0 t compare
- 68 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t compare
- 68 New Zealand 0 t compare
- 68 Norway 0 t compare
- 68 Poland 0 t compare
- 68 Portugal 0 t compare
- 68 Spain 0 t compare
- 68 Sweden 0 t compare
- 68 Switzerland 0 t compare
- 68 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 t compare
- 68 USSR 0 t compare
- 68 Yugoslav SFR 0 t compare
- 68 Australia and New Zealand 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in South Africa?
- Coconut oil — production in South Africa was 0 t in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,512 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for coconut oil — production?
- South Africa ranks 68th out of 92 countries with data for 2018.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.