Margarine and shortening — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Margarine and shortening — Production was 115,130 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Margarine and shortening — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, margarine and shortening — production in Northern Africa stood at 115,130 t.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Northern Africa peaked at 209,388 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 16,988 t, in 1964.
Northern Africa ranks 22nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 33,874 t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 42,436 t | +25.3% |
| 1964 | 16,988 t | -60.0% |
| 1965 | 68,935 t | +305.8% |
| 1966 | 79,292 t | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 64,658 t | -18.5% |
| 1968 | 60,603 t | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 58,035 t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 82,916 t | +42.9% |
| 1971 | 85,039 t | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 96,357 t | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 115,735 t | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 131,918 t | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 170,603 t | +29.3% |
| 1976 | 150,212 t | -12.0% |
| 1977 | 160,893 t | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 178,796 t | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 183,475 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 184,245 t | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 193,736 t | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 180,463 t | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 145,120 t | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 142,936 t | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 135,306 t | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 144,911 t | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 124,202 t | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 150,511 t | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 124,466 t | -17.3% |
| 1990 | 122,037 t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 117,024 t | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 138,420 t | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 134,037 t | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 146,798 t | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 132,264 t | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 141,735 t | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 138,552 t | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 189,366 t | +36.7% |
| 1999 | 170,054 t | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 150,446 t | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 120,474 t | -19.9% |
| 2002 | 185,690 t | +54.1% |
| 2003 | 152,594 t | -17.8% |
| 2004 | 204,831 t | +34.2% |
| 2005 | 195,566 t | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 209,388 t | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 187,856 t | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 199,527 t | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 148,788 t | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 162,932 t | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 140,936 t | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 151,223 t | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 151,132 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 154,047 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 149,264 t | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 145,358 t | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 139,246 t | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 162,594 t | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 145,499 t | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 122,500 t | -15.8% |
| 2021 | 111,292 t | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 111,147 t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 115,130 t | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,724 t | 16,988 t | 79,292 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 135,594 t | 82,916 t | 183,475 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,590 t | 124,202 t | 193,736 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 143,029 t | 117,024 t | 189,366 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,516 t | 120,474 t | 209,388 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,223 t | 139,246 t | 162,932 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,017 t | 111,147 t | 122,500 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Northern Africa?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Northern Africa was 115,130 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 209,388 t in 2006.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,988 t in 1964.
- How does Northern Africa rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.