Locust beans (carobs) — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Locust beans (carobs) — Production was 41,329 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Locust beans (carobs) — Production in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2017, locust beans (carobs) — production in Portugal stood at 41,329 t.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — production in Portugal peaked at 65,145 t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 16,000 t, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Production in Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,660 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,565 t | -34.7% |
| 1963 | 29,835 t | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 36,932 t | +23.8% |
| 1965 | 61,280 t | +65.9% |
| 1966 | 34,628 t | -43.5% |
| 1967 | 18,778 t | -45.8% |
| 1968 | 41,708 t | +122.1% |
| 1969 | 49,812 t | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 47,643 t | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 65,145 t | +36.7% |
| 1972 | 40,164 t | -38.3% |
| 1973 | 18,416 t | -54.1% |
| 1974 | 49,746 t | +170.1% |
| 1975 | 35,324 t | -29.0% |
| 1976 | 40,000 t | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 19,970 t | -50.1% |
| 1978 | 16,000 t | -19.9% |
| 1979 | 30,000 t | +87.5% |
| 1980 | 20,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1981 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,952 t | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 39,152 t | +86.9% |
| 1992 | 39,206 t | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 39,260 t | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 39,314 t | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 39,367 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 39,421 t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 38,972 t | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 39,002 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 42,886 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 42,640 t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 42,130 t | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 41,515 t | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 33,658 t | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 29,461 t | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 46,497 t | +57.8% |
| 2006 | 17,438 t | -62.5% |
| 2007 | 29,163 t | +67.2% |
| 2008 | 56,855 t | +95.0% |
| 2009 | 39,798 t | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 39,171 t | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 46,972 t | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 30,653 t | -34.7% |
| 2013 | 42,841 t | +39.8% |
| 2014 | 64,895 t | +51.5% |
| 2015 | 34,398 t | -47.0% |
| 2016 | 40,087 t | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 41,329 t | +3.1% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 41,329 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,475 t, 5.5× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 41,329 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,354 t, 9.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,800 t | 18,778 t | 61,280 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,241 t | 16,000 t | 65,145 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,000 t | 20,000 t | 30,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,753 t | 20,952 t | 42,886 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,915 t | 17,438 t | 56,855 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,543 t | 30,653 t | 64,895 t | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — production in Portugal?
- Locust beans (carobs) — production in Portugal was 41,329 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 65,145 t in 1971.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,000 t in 1978.
- How does Portugal rank for locust beans (carobs) — production?
- Portugal ranks 1st out of 15 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.