Margarine and shortening — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Margarine and shortening — Production was 36,725 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Margarine and shortening — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 36,725 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 180.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 36,725 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 43rd out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 3.6 t | — |
| 1963 | 76.32 t | +2020.0% |
| 1964 | 312.48 t | +309.4% |
| 1965 | 711.84 t | +127.8% |
| 1966 | 334.32 t | -53.0% |
| 1967 | 833.76 t | +149.4% |
| 1968 | 604.8 t | -27.5% |
| 1969 | 721.01 t | +19.2% |
| 1970 | 2,203 t | +205.6% |
| 1971 | 2,622 t | +19.0% |
| 1972 | 2,843 t | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 3,590 t | +26.3% |
| 1974 | 3,931 t | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 3,508 t | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 2,812 t | -19.8% |
| 1977 | 3,404 t | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 3,612 t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 3,944 t | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 4,303 t | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 5,290 t | +22.9% |
| 1982 | 3,956 t | -25.2% |
| 1983 | 3,586 t | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 5,011 t | +39.8% |
| 1985 | 6,178 t | +23.3% |
| 1986 | 5,616 t | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 5,875 t | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 6,566 t | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 6,048 t | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 5,875 t | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 5,520 t | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 6,339 t | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 7,190 t | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 8,904 t | +23.8% |
| 1995 | 9,338 t | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 10,140 t | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 15,065 t | +48.6% |
| 1998 | 13,444 t | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 16,982 t | +26.3% |
| 2000 | 17,702 t | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 17,143 t | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 18,055 t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 17,640 t | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 14,526 t | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 13,920 t | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 14,400 t | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 17,111 t | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 13,703 t | -19.9% |
| 2009 | 12,302 t | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 12,382 t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 14,642 t | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 13,327 t | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 13,098 t | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 18,000 t | +37.4% |
| 2015 | 23,654 t | +31.4% |
| 2016 | 26,210 t | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 23,058 t | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 23,923 t | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 25,072 t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 27,014 t | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 30,266 t | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 35,441 t | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 36,725 t | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 399.79 t | 0 t | 833.76 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,247 t | 2,203 t | 3,944 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,243 t | 3,586 t | 6,566 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,880 t | 5,520 t | 16,982 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,650 t | 12,302 t | 18,055 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,337 t | 12,382 t | 26,210 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,362 t | 27,014 t | 36,725 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Zimbabwe?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Zimbabwe was 36,725 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 36,725 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 43rd out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.