Cottonseed oil — Production in Africa
Africa: Cottonseed oil — Production was 296,313 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cottonseed oil — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cottonseed oil — production in Africa is 296,313 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cottonseed oil — production in Africa peaked at 392,337 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 163,628 t, in 1962.
That places Africa 9th out of 28 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.
Cottonseed oil — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 166,868 t | — |
| 1962 | 163,628 t | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 211,475 t | +29.2% |
| 1964 | 180,884 t | -14.5% |
| 1965 | 242,856 t | +34.3% |
| 1966 | 234,359 t | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 196,867 t | -16.0% |
| 1968 | 202,163 t | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 251,953 t | +24.6% |
| 1970 | 276,873 t | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 258,443 t | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 293,582 t | +13.6% |
| 1973 | 276,977 t | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 319,448 t | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 311,419 t | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 283,295 t | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 316,947 t | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 338,806 t | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 321,408 t | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 344,643 t | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 350,142 t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 354,761 t | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 303,803 t | -14.4% |
| 1984 | 310,300 t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 293,790 t | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 292,566 t | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 307,382 t | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 316,893 t | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 297,038 t | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 276,148 t | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 289,234 t | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 273,259 t | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 261,897 t | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 291,872 t | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 274,902 t | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 291,450 t | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 360,060 t | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 314,176 t | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 307,431 t | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 290,781 t | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 349,828 t | +20.3% |
| 2002 | 363,670 t | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 360,309 t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 381,633 t | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 392,337 t | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 359,864 t | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 331,599 t | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 303,841 t | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 268,446 t | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 219,410 t | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 256,631 t | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 343,814 t | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 273,066 t | -20.6% |
| 2014 | 251,868 t | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 274,647 t | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 243,132 t | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 221,627 t | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 223,284 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 279,231 t | +25.1% |
| 2020 | 287,675 t | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 301,952 t | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 326,487 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 296,313 t | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205,673 t | 163,628 t | 251,953 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 299,720 t | 258,443 t | 338,806 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 317,132 t | 292,566 t | 354,761 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 294,043 t | 261,897 t | 360,060 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 340,231 t | 268,446 t | 392,337 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 258,671 t | 219,410 t | 343,814 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 303,107 t | 287,675 t | 326,487 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cottonseed oil — production in Africa?
- Cottonseed oil — production in Africa was 296,313 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cottonseed oil — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 392,337 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest cottonseed oil — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,628 t in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for cottonseed oil — production?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cottonseed oil — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Cottonseed 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.