Margarine and shortening — Production in Spain
Spain: Margarine and shortening — Production was 147,966 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Margarine and shortening — Production in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Spain recorded 147,966 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 74.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Spain peaked at 147,966 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14,000 t, in 1961.
Spain ranks 17th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 18,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 20,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 40,000 t | +29.0% |
| 1973 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 44,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 48,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 48,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 45,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 49,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 54,200 t | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 57,500 t | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 60,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 64,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 66,600 t | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 68,400 t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 78,200 t | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 81,700 t | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 84,400 t | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 80,500 t | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 84,200 t | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 85,300 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 85,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 86,600 t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 88,300 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 85,600 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 86,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 85,200 t | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 86,200 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 88,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 89,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 88,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 86,000 t | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 85,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 84,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 86,500 t | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 88,500 t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 85,800 t | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 87,300 t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 86,900 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 84,600 t | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 86,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 104,252 t | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 132,315 t | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 142,240 t | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 118,141 t | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 120,127 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 133,341 t | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 124,240 t | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 127,300 t | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 147,966 t | +16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,889 t | 14,000 t | 30,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,100 t | 31,000 t | 48,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,290 t | 45,000 t | 78,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,760 t | 80,500 t | 88,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,640 t | 84,000 t | 89,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 104,768 t | 84,600 t | 142,240 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 133,212 t | 124,240 t | 147,966 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 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
- 18 Malaysia 143,011 t compare
- 19 Italy 118,396 t compare
- 20 Australia and New Zealand 103,080 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Spain?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Spain was 147,966 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 147,966 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 t in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Spain ranks 17th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.