Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa

Western Africa: Margarine and shortening — Production was 21,308 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
21,308 t
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
26th
of 28 groups
All-time high
26,783 t
in 2021
All-time low
0 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023

010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922023

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

Analysis

In 2023, margarine and shortening — production in Western Africa stood at 21,308 t.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 58.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Western Africa peaked at 26,783 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.

That places Western Africa 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa, year by year

Annual values for Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 0 t
1962 0 t
1963 0 t
1964 0 t
1965 0 t
1966 0 t
1967 0 t
1968 0 t
1969 0 t
1970 0 t
1971 0 t
1972 0 t
1973 0 t
1974 0 t
1975 2,613 t
1976 3,335 t +27.6%
1977 1,566 t -53.1%
1978 1,482 t -5.4%
1979 1,056 t -28.7%
1980 1,491 t +41.1%
1981 1,950 t +30.8%
1982 1,430 t -26.7%
1983 1,177 t -17.7%
1984 946.9 t -19.5%
1985 1,274 t +34.6%
1986 999 t -21.6%
1987 2,396 t +139.8%
1988 3,205 t +33.8%
1989 3,747 t +16.9%
1990 3,560 t -5.0%
1991 3,900 t +9.6%
1992 4,000 t +2.6%
1993 3,800 t -5.0%
1994 4,124 t +8.5%
1995 4,759 t +15.4%
1996 3,864 t -18.8%
1997 5,091 t +31.7%
1998 6,346 t +24.7%
1999 8,150 t +28.4%
2000 7,090 t -13.0%
2001 7,106 t +0.2%
2002 7,103 t -0.0%
2003 7,195 t +1.3%
2004 7,388 t +2.7%
2005 7,492 t +1.4%
2006 7,630 t +1.8%
2007 10,012 t +31.2%
2008 10,196 t +1.8%
2009 10,256 t +0.6%
2010 14,645 t +42.8%
2011 13,438 t -8.2%
2012 13,438 t +0.0%
2013 13,438 t +0.0%
2014 16,832 t +25.3%
2015 24,276 t +44.2%
2016 16,482 t -32.1%
2017 25,513 t +54.8%
2018 26,597 t +4.2%
2019 19,417 t -27.0%
2020 19,337 t -0.4%
2021 26,783 t +38.5%
2022 20,967 t -21.7%
2023 21,308 t +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0 t 0 t 0 t 9
1970s 1,005 t 0 t 3,335 t 10
1980s 1,862 t 946.9 t 3,747 t 10
1990s 4,759 t 3,560 t 8,150 t 10
2000s 8,147 t 7,090 t 10,256 t 10
2010s 18,407 t 13,438 t 26,597 t 10
2020s 22,099 t 19,337 t 26,783 t 4

Countries ranked near Western Africa

  1. 23 Peru 98,237 t compare
  2. 24 Australia 92,404 t compare
  3. 25 Austria 88,059 t compare
  4. 26 Hungary 84,512 t compare
  5. 27 Tunisia 82,036 t compare
  6. 28 Czechoslovakia 82,000 t compare
  7. 29 South Africa 78,312 t compare

See the full ranking of 137 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa

All data for Western Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is margarine and shortening — production in Western Africa?
Margarine and shortening — production in Western Africa was 21,308 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Western Africa?
The highest recorded value was 26,783 t in 2021.
What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Western Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
How does Western Africa rank for margarine and shortening — production?
Western Africa ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Western 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/margarine-and-shortening-production/western-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/margarine-and-shortening-production/western-africa/">Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.