Margarine and shortening — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Margarine and shortening — Production was 250,000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Margarine and shortening — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 250,000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 492,400 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 233,000 t, in 2022.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 326,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 334,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 339,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 338,000 t | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 311,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 312,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 304,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 304,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 317,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 314,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 343,000 t | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 368,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 341,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 299,000 t | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 298,000 t | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 342,000 t | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 380,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 368,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 359,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 383,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 398,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 399,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 387,000 t | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 382,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 378,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 460,000 t | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 464,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 469,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 489,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 466,598 t | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 492,400 t | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 484,800 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 488,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 485,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 485,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 491,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 461,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 448,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 421,000 t | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 388,000 t | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 409,200 t | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 415,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 442,000 t | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 431,000 t | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 408,800 t | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 350,000 t | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 345,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 343,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 340,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 330,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 327,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 321,000 t | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 330,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 328,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 310,000 t | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 290,000 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 278,000 t | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 275,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 250,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 255,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 252,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 233,000 t | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 250,000 t | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 320,556 t | 304,000 t | 339,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 341,200 t | 298,000 t | 380,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 420,900 t | 378,000 t | 489,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 472,280 t | 421,000 t | 492,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 387,200 t | 340,000 t | 442,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 303,900 t | 250,000 t | 330,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 247,500 t | 233,000 t | 255,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 11 Poland 313,000 t compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 249.06 t compare
- 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 298,000 t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 168.16 t compare
- 13 Indonesia 261,290 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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Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Margarine and shortening — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 250,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 492,400 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 233,000 t in 2022.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.