Margarine and shortening — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Margarine and shortening — Production was 18,485 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Margarine and shortening — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, margarine and shortening — production in Caribbean stood at 18,485 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Caribbean peaked at 21,257 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,122 t, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,122 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,348 t | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 4,654 t | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 4,962 t | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 5,461 t | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 6,043 t | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 6,464 t | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 6,877 t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 7,559 t | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 8,078 t | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 8,591 t | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 9,997 t | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 9,997 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,481 t | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 11,137 t | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 10,740 t | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 11,806 t | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 12,962 t | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 12,238 t | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 11,318 t | -7.5% |
| 1981 | 13,534 t | +19.6% |
| 1982 | 13,470 t | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 14,332 t | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 11,595 t | -19.1% |
| 1985 | 14,076 t | +21.4% |
| 1986 | 15,478 t | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 15,462 t | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 17,016 t | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 17,207 t | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 15,978 t | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 16,652 t | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 18,946 t | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 18,519 t | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 17,600 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 17,550 t | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 17,428 t | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 16,586 t | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 17,010 t | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 16,500 t | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 17,192 t | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 16,761 t | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 16,646 t | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 16,855 t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 17,381 t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 16,939 t | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 16,790 t | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 16,886 t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 13,308 t | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 16,596 t | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 14,478 t | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 16,096 t | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 15,671 t | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 14,859 t | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 16,867 t | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 15,806 t | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 12,654 t | -19.9% |
| 2017 | 12,160 t | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 14,039 t | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 21,257 t | +51.4% |
| 2020 | 17,592 t | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 17,967 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 20,117 t | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 18,485 t | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,610 t | 4,122 t | 7,559 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,603 t | 8,078 t | 12,962 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,349 t | 11,318 t | 17,207 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,277 t | 15,978 t | 18,946 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,535 t | 13,308 t | 17,381 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,389 t | 12,160 t | 21,257 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,540 t | 17,592 t | 20,117 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Caribbean?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Caribbean was 18,485 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 21,257 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,122 t in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Caribbean ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Margarine and shortening — 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.