Margarine and shortening — Production in Central America
Central America: Margarine and shortening — Production was 599,956 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Margarine and shortening — Production in Central America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 599,956 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 313.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Central America peaked at 699,331 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,745 t, in 1961.
That places Central America 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,745 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,720 t | +14.5% |
| 1963 | 8,447 t | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 10,018 t | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 11,162 t | +11.4% |
| 1966 | 14,698 t | +31.7% |
| 1967 | 14,800 t | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 17,181 t | +16.1% |
| 1969 | 17,535 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 20,556 t | +17.2% |
| 1971 | 19,844 t | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 24,574 t | +23.8% |
| 1973 | 24,293 t | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 25,492 t | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 21,313 t | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 25,838 t | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 28,340 t | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 26,822 t | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 35,944 t | +34.0% |
| 1980 | 37,500 t | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 39,143 t | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 39,701 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 41,343 t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 45,368 t | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 44,179 t | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 48,809 t | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 52,018 t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 48,630 t | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 50,838 t | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 53,988 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 49,228 t | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 54,306 t | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 56,366 t | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 54,713 t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 63,642 t | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 66,873 t | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 62,830 t | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 64,953 t | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 65,321 t | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 63,157 t | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 65,500 t | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 71,063 t | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 70,580 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 78,051 t | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 78,619 t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 81,529 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 87,312 t | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 93,167 t | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 92,145 t | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 109,609 t | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 106,525 t | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 133,792 t | +25.6% |
| 2013 | 145,220 t | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 578,494 t | +298.4% |
| 2015 | 597,551 t | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 613,716 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 623,415 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 663,292 t | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 680,388 t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 699,331 t | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 569,165 t | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 632,232 t | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 599,956 t | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,034 t | 6,745 t | 17,535 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,302 t | 19,844 t | 35,944 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,753 t | 37,500 t | 52,018 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,222 t | 49,228 t | 66,873 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,112 t | 63,157 t | 93,167 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 425,200 t | 106,525 t | 680,388 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 625,171 t | 569,165 t | 699,331 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Poland 313,000 t compare
- 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 298,000 t compare
- 13 Indonesia 261,290 t compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 250,000 t compare
- 15 Sweden 156,432 t compare
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 156,184 t compare
- 17 Spain 147,966 t compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Central America?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Central America was 599,956 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 699,331 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,745 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 313.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.