Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Margarine and shortening — Production was 979,345 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, margarine and shortening — production in Western Europe stood at 979,345 t. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.52 million t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 979,345 t, in 2023.
That places Western Europe 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.24 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.26 million t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1.26 million t | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 1.33 million t | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 1.35 million t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 1.34 million t | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 1.34 million t | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1.34 million t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.32 million t | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 1.33 million t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 1.35 million t | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1.36 million t | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 1.34 million t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 1.32 million t | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 1.30 million t | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.33 million t | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 1.32 million t | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.31 million t | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 1.30 million t | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 1.33 million t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 1.34 million t | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 1.37 million t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 1.35 million t | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.36 million t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 1.36 million t | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.35 million t | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 1.32 million t | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1.32 million t | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.31 million t | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.36 million t | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 1.37 million t | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million t | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million t | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.33 million t | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 1.46 million t | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 1.42 million t | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.52 million t | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 1.45 million t | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 1.33 million t | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 1.25 million t | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 1.19 million t | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 1.26 million t | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 1.29 million t | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.35 million t | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million t | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 1.20 million t | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1.21 million t | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.22 million t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.22 million t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.18 million t | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million t | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.26 million t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 1.24 million t | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.36 million t | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million t | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 1.24 million t | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.19 million t | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million t | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 1.04 million t | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 979,345 t | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 million t | 1.24 million t | 1.35 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.33 million t | 1.30 million t | 1.36 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 million t | 1.31 million t | 1.37 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 million t | 1.33 million t | 1.52 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.24 million t | 1.19 million t | 1.35 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 million t | 1.14 million t | 1.36 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million t | 979,345 t | 1.09 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 8 Belgium 336,802 t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,488 t compare
- 9 Germany 324,000 t compare
- 10 Japan 313,436 t compare
- 11 Poland 313,000 t compare
- 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 298,000 t compare
- 13 Indonesia 261,290 t compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 250,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Western Europe?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Western Europe was 979,345 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million t in 1997.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 979,345 t in 2023.
- How does Western Europe rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Western Europe ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.