Margarine and shortening — Production in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Margarine and shortening — Production was 1.10 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.10 million t
Change on year
down 5.8%
Rank
10th
of 28 groups
All-time high
1.90 million t
in 1989
All-time low
649,393 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Margarine and shortening — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2023

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for margarine and shortening — production in Eastern Europe is 1.10 million t, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 1.90 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 649,393 t, in 1961.

Eastern Europe ranks 10th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Margarine and shortening — Production in Eastern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Margarine and shortening — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 649,393 t
1962 710,597 t +9.4%
1963 769,041 t +8.2%
1964 812,649 t +5.7%
1965 894,235 t +10.0%
1966 824,365 t -7.8%
1967 851,582 t +3.3%
1968 889,182 t +4.4%
1969 935,587 t +5.2%
1970 1.03 million t +9.9%
1971 1.12 million t +9.1%
1972 1.13 million t +0.5%
1973 1.18 million t +4.6%
1974 1.30 million t +10.3%
1975 1.30 million t -0.2%
1976 1.36 million t +4.9%
1977 1.48 million t +8.5%
1978 1.54 million t +4.1%
1979 1.59 million t +3.2%
1980 1.59 million t -0.0%
1981 1.70 million t +7.3%
1982 1.75 million t +2.7%
1983 1.79 million t +2.3%
1984 1.74 million t -2.8%
1985 1.73 million t -0.4%
1986 1.80 million t +4.0%
1987 1.90 million t +5.5%
1988 1.89 million t -0.8%
1989 1.90 million t +0.9%
1990 1.74 million t -8.6%
1991 1.44 million t -17.3%
1992 1.22 million t -15.1%
1993 1.11 million t -9.4%
1994 909,435 t -17.8%
1995 904,770 t -0.5%
1996 903,565 t -0.1%
1997 966,454 t +7.0%
1998 960,714 t -0.6%
1999 1.14 million t +18.4%
2000 1.26 million t +10.5%
2001 1.35 million t +7.3%
2002 1.37 million t +1.8%
2003 1.42 million t +3.3%
2004 1.46 million t +2.7%
2005 1.58 million t +8.2%
2006 1.59 million t +0.6%
2007 1.69 million t +6.2%
2008 1.67 million t -1.0%
2009 1.72 million t +3.1%
2010 1.46 million t -15.1%
2011 1.43 million t -2.1%
2012 1.42 million t -0.6%
2013 1.39 million t -2.2%
2014 1.43 million t +3.1%
2015 1.37 million t -4.6%
2016 1.34 million t -1.8%
2017 1.39 million t +3.7%
2018 1.29 million t -7.5%
2019 1.31 million t +1.6%
2020 1.27 million t -3.0%
2021 1.17 million t -7.7%
2022 1.17 million t -0.5%
2023 1.10 million t -5.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 815,181 t 649,393 t 935,587 t 9
1970s 1.30 million t 1.03 million t 1.59 million t 10
1980s 1.78 million t 1.59 million t 1.90 million t 10
1990s 1.13 million t 903,565 t 1.74 million t 10
2000s 1.51 million t 1.26 million t 1.72 million t 10
2010s 1.38 million t 1.29 million t 1.46 million t 10
2020s 1.18 million t 1.10 million t 1.27 million t 4

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 7 Kenya 371,024 t compare
  2. 8 Belgium 336,802 t compare
  3. 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,488 t compare
  4. 9 Germany 324,000 t compare
  5. 10 Japan 313,436 t compare
  6. 11 Poland 313,000 t compare
  7. 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 298,000 t compare
  8. 13 Indonesia 261,290 t compare

See the full ranking of 137 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is margarine and shortening — production in Eastern Europe?
Margarine and shortening — production in Eastern Europe was 1.10 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 1.90 million t in 1989.
What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 649,393 t in 1961.
How does Eastern Europe rank for margarine and shortening — production?
Eastern Europe ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Europe 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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Indicator
Margarine and shortening — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
137 places, 7,206 data points, 1961–2023
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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.