Groundnut oil — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Groundnut oil — Production was 586.39 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Groundnut oil — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 586.39 t for groundnut oil — production in 2023.
The figure is down 50.9% on the previous year and down 81.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnut oil — production in Southern Africa peaked at 76,305 t in 1977 and was at its lowest, 340.4 t, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnut oil — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,246 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,338 t | -32.0% |
| 1963 | 35,209 t | +39.0% |
| 1964 | 22,216 t | -36.9% |
| 1965 | 40,626 t | +82.9% |
| 1966 | 41,046 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 53,318 t | +29.9% |
| 1968 | 50,137 t | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 57,773 t | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 56,948 t | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 62,822 t | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 70,005 t | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 38,737 t | -44.7% |
| 1974 | 58,007 t | +49.7% |
| 1975 | 74,516 t | +28.5% |
| 1976 | 69,016 t | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 76,305 t | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 41,597 t | -45.5% |
| 1979 | 37,278 t | -10.4% |
| 1980 | 73,253 t | +96.5% |
| 1981 | 60,794 t | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 18,126 t | -70.2% |
| 1983 | 28,387 t | +56.6% |
| 1984 | 23,505 t | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 33,554 t | +42.8% |
| 1986 | 29,155 t | -13.1% |
| 1987 | 37,526 t | +28.7% |
| 1988 | 65,237 t | +73.8% |
| 1989 | 27,931 t | -57.2% |
| 1990 | 23,557 t | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 37,442 t | +58.9% |
| 1992 | 24,058 t | -35.7% |
| 1993 | 28,709 t | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 23,129 t | -19.4% |
| 1995 | 32,892 t | +42.2% |
| 1996 | 24,645 t | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 15,295 t | -37.9% |
| 1998 | 22,034 t | +44.1% |
| 1999 | 16,988 t | -22.9% |
| 2000 | 17,242 t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 27,710 t | +60.7% |
| 2002 | 25,066 t | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 17,840 t | -28.8% |
| 2004 | 20,011 t | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 13,092 t | -34.6% |
| 2006 | 11,080 t | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 11,460 t | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 12,266 t | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 16,356 t | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 13,235 t | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 9,362 t | -29.3% |
| 2012 | 7,327 t | -21.7% |
| 2013 | 3,110 t | -57.6% |
| 2014 | 1,044 t | -66.4% |
| 2015 | 1,323 t | +26.8% |
| 2016 | 1,519 t | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 1,129 t | -25.6% |
| 2018 | 2,020 t | +78.8% |
| 2019 | 420.45 t | -79.2% |
| 2020 | 396.2 t | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 340.4 t | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 1,195 t | +251.0% |
| 2023 | 586.39 t | -50.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,323 t | 22,216 t | 57,773 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,523 t | 37,278 t | 76,305 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,747 t | 18,126 t | 73,253 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,875 t | 15,295 t | 37,442 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,212 t | 11,080 t | 27,710 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,049 t | 420.45 t | 13,235 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 629.41 t | 340.4 t | 1,195 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnut oil — production in Southern Africa?
- Groundnut oil — production in Southern Africa was 586.39 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnut oil — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 76,305 t in 1977.
- What is the lowest groundnut oil — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 340.4 t in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for groundnut oil — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is groundnut oil — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnut 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.