Coconut oil — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Coconut oil — Production was 37,928 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Coconut oil — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, coconut oil — production in Western Africa stood at 37,928 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in Western Africa peaked at 64,091 t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 15,494 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 11th out of 24 groups 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.
Coconut oil — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,494 t | — |
| 1962 | 17,138 t | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 16,642 t | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 16,191 t | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 16,997 t | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 16,568 t | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 20,611 t | +24.4% |
| 1968 | 21,558 t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 18,218 t | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 19,637 t | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 22,037 t | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 22,755 t | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 22,787 t | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 24,475 t | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 25,214 t | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 20,694 t | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 22,627 t | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 28,230 t | +24.8% |
| 1979 | 33,763 t | +19.6% |
| 1980 | 40,247 t | +19.2% |
| 1981 | 41,577 t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 48,499 t | +16.6% |
| 1983 | 51,155 t | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 52,502 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 61,794 t | +17.7% |
| 1986 | 64,091 t | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 59,389 t | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 55,871 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 57,139 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 59,315 t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 56,209 t | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 51,027 t | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 57,464 t | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 47,604 t | -17.2% |
| 1995 | 43,415 t | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 46,586 t | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 43,908 t | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 49,084 t | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 52,577 t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 51,070 t | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 45,508 t | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 47,492 t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 50,327 t | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 45,818 t | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 42,571 t | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 38,584 t | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 37,973 t | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 42,344 t | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 57,026 t | +34.7% |
| 2010 | 57,669 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 57,719 t | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 48,622 t | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 46,644 t | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 43,494 t | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 45,864 t | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 43,434 t | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 43,645 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 44,149 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 43,687 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 42,443 t | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 38,552 t | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 36,998 t | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 37,928 t | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,713 t | 15,494 t | 21,558 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,222 t | 19,637 t | 33,763 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,227 t | 40,247 t | 64,091 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,719 t | 43,415 t | 59,315 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,871 t | 37,973 t | 57,026 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,493 t | 43,434 t | 57,719 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,980 t | 36,998 t | 42,443 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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
- 13 Brazil 12,403 t compare
- 14 Cambodia 10,762 t compare
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.02 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 35.55 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 4.79 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 259,970 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in Western Africa?
- Coconut oil — production in Western Africa was 37,928 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 64,091 t in 1986.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,494 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for coconut oil — production?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.