Oil of maize — Production in Americas
Americas: Oil of maize — Production was 1.63 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of maize — Production in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, oil of maize — production in Americas stood at 1.63 million t.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of maize — production in Americas peaked at 2.07 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 197,393 t, in 1961.
Americas ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of maize — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 197,393 t | — |
| 1962 | 210,574 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 209,735 t | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 229,110 t | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 245,865 t | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 251,400 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 251,309 t | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 251,999 t | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 265,442 t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 270,203 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 276,813 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 281,554 t | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 296,536 t | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 298,425 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 269,390 t | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 354,641 t | +31.6% |
| 1977 | 371,633 t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 382,735 t | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 408,902 t | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 435,166 t | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 467,641 t | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 494,928 t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 543,327 t | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 583,848 t | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 651,496 t | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 676,701 t | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 753,414 t | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 784,100 t | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 772,618 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 815,186 t | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 904,963 t | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 986,695 t | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 1.02 million t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1.04 million t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million t | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 1.16 million t | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.20 million t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 1.24 million t | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1.27 million t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1.33 million t | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1.30 million t | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.33 million t | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 1.36 million t | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.33 million t | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1.33 million t | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.38 million t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1.42 million t | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.41 million t | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million t | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.39 million t | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.41 million t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million t | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.46 million t | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 1.69 million t | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 1.83 million t | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 2.01 million t | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 2.07 million t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1.55 million t | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 1.61 million t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 1.73 million t | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million t | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 1.63 million t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 234,759 t | 197,393 t | 265,442 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 321,083 t | 269,390 t | 408,902 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 616,324 t | 435,166 t | 784,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million t | 815,186 t | 1.27 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.36 million t | 1.30 million t | 1.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 million t | 1.37 million t | 2.07 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 million t | 1.61 million t | 1.73 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 China 547,727 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 540,000 t compare
- 3 Brazil 306,786 t compare
- 4 South Africa 86,800 t compare
- 5 Canada 79,300 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5491 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of maize — production in Americas?
- Oil of maize — production in Americas was 1.63 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of maize — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest oil of maize — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 197,393 t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for oil of maize — production?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of maize — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil of maize — 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.