Coconut oil — Production in South America
South America: Coconut oil — Production was 24,464 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Coconut oil — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, coconut oil — production in South America stood at 24,464 t.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in South America peaked at 66,662 t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 11,934 t, in 1984.
South America ranks 12th of 24 groups on this measure, 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 America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,982 t | — |
| 1962 | 66,662 t | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 49,940 t | -25.1% |
| 1964 | 58,063 t | +16.3% |
| 1965 | 48,471 t | -16.5% |
| 1966 | 53,419 t | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 37,173 t | -30.4% |
| 1968 | 29,705 t | -20.1% |
| 1969 | 18,879 t | -36.4% |
| 1970 | 17,961 t | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 24,820 t | +38.2% |
| 1972 | 20,730 t | -16.5% |
| 1973 | 20,198 t | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 21,080 t | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 29,999 t | +42.3% |
| 1976 | 17,884 t | -40.4% |
| 1977 | 18,971 t | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 21,309 t | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 21,849 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 16,931 t | -22.5% |
| 1981 | 18,460 t | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 19,676 t | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 16,660 t | -15.3% |
| 1984 | 11,934 t | -28.4% |
| 1985 | 12,216 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 18,360 t | +50.3% |
| 1987 | 21,510 t | +17.2% |
| 1988 | 20,240 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 18,004 t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 18,244 t | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 19,657 t | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 19,291 t | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 17,300 t | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 18,052 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 18,795 t | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 18,817 t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 15,507 t | -17.6% |
| 1998 | 14,520 t | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 14,226 t | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 13,684 t | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 13,485 t | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 17,924 t | +32.9% |
| 2003 | 18,864 t | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 18,346 t | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 16,830 t | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 19,375 t | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 18,610 t | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 17,386 t | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 14,935 t | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 14,278 t | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 16,535 t | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 14,323 t | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 16,495 t | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 14,094 t | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 13,009 t | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 14,532 t | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 21,689 t | +49.2% |
| 2018 | 24,176 t | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 24,928 t | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 27,521 t | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 23,441 t | -14.8% |
| 2022 | 26,065 t | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 24,464 t | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,144 t | 18,879 t | 66,662 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,480 t | 17,884 t | 29,999 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,399 t | 11,934 t | 21,510 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,441 t | 14,226 t | 19,657 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,944 t | 13,485 t | 19,375 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,406 t | 13,009 t | 24,928 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,373 t | 23,441 t | 27,521 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Bangladesh 29,300 t compare
- 9 Thailand 29,300 t compare
- 11 Mozambique 27,100 t compare
- 12 Jamaica 13,550 t compare
- 13 Brazil 12,403 t compare
- 14 Cambodia 10,762 t compare
- 15 Solomon Islands 8,500 t compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.51 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in South America?
- Coconut oil — production in South America was 24,464 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 66,662 t in 1962.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,934 t in 1984.
- How does South America rank for coconut oil — production?
- South America ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.