Margarine and shortening — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Margarine and shortening — Production was 2.11 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Margarine and shortening — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for margarine and shortening — production in European Union (27) is 2.11 million t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in European Union (27) peaked at 2.80 million t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.59 million t, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.59 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.62 million t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1.64 million t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 1.74 million t | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 1.78 million t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 1.78 million t | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 1.80 million t | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 1.81 million t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 1.80 million t | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1.86 million t | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.89 million t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1.92 million t | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 1.95 million t | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1.94 million t | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.92 million t | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 1.97 million t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1.97 million t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.96 million t | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 1.94 million t | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 1.98 million t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 2.04 million t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 2.03 million t | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.99 million t | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 2.03 million t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 2.03 million t | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 2.05 million t | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 2.04 million t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 2.06 million t | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 2.08 million t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 2.07 million t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2.13 million t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 2.28 million t | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 2.44 million t | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 2.39 million t | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 2.65 million t | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 2.61 million t | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 2.80 million t | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 2.68 million t | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 2.55 million t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 2.46 million t | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 2.41 million t | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 2.50 million t | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 2.45 million t | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 2.54 million t | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 2.49 million t | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.47 million t | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2.43 million t | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 2.40 million t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2.50 million t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 2.47 million t | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 2.40 million t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.31 million t | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2.46 million t | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 2.47 million t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.58 million t | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 2.51 million t | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.50 million t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2.43 million t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.39 million t | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 2.23 million t | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 2.16 million t | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 2.27 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 2.11 million t | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.73 million t | 1.59 million t | 1.81 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.93 million t | 1.86 million t | 1.97 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.03 million t | 1.98 million t | 2.08 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.46 million t | 2.07 million t | 2.80 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.46 million t | 2.40 million t | 2.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.45 million t | 2.31 million t | 2.58 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.19 million t | 2.11 million t | 2.27 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in European Union (27)?
- Margarine and shortening — production in European Union (27) was 2.11 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.80 million t in 1997.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.59 million t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.