Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Oil of maize — Production was 86,800 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
86,800 t
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
16th
of 26 groups
All-time high
86,800 t
in 2023
All-time low
52,000 t
in 1993
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for oil of maize — production in Southern Africa is 86,800 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oil of maize — production in Southern Africa peaked at 86,800 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52,000 t, in 1993.

Southern Africa ranks 16th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 54,000 t
1962 56,000 t +3.7%
1963 58,000 t +3.6%
1964 56,000 t -3.4%
1965 58,000 t +3.6%
1966 56,000 t -3.4%
1967 58,000 t +3.6%
1968 62,000 t +6.9%
1969 62,000 t +0.0%
1970 62,000 t +0.0%
1971 62,000 t +0.0%
1972 64,000 t +3.2%
1973 62,000 t -3.1%
1974 64,000 t +3.2%
1975 64,000 t +0.0%
1976 64,000 t +0.0%
1977 64,000 t +0.0%
1978 68,000 t +6.2%
1979 68,000 t +0.0%
1980 68,000 t +0.0%
1981 68,000 t +0.0%
1982 68,000 t +0.0%
1983 68,000 t +0.0%
1984 72,000 t +5.9%
1985 68,000 t -5.6%
1986 68,000 t +0.0%
1987 68,000 t +0.0%
1988 64,000 t -5.9%
1989 72,000 t +12.5%
1990 76,000 t +5.6%
1991 76,800 t +1.1%
1992 61,200 t -20.3%
1993 52,000 t -15.0%
1994 60,000 t +15.4%
1995 60,000 t +0.0%
1996 62,000 t +3.3%
1997 63,200 t +1.9%
1998 63,200 t +0.0%
1999 62,400 t -1.3%
2000 63,200 t +1.3%
2001 64,000 t +1.3%
2002 67,700 t +5.8%
2003 68,800 t +1.6%
2004 70,000 t +1.7%
2005 71,400 t +2.0%
2006 73,200 t +2.5%
2007 74,600 t +1.9%
2008 75,600 t +1.3%
2009 76,700 t +1.5%
2010 77,400 t +0.9%
2011 78,300 t +1.2%
2012 79,500 t +1.5%
2013 80,700 t +1.5%
2014 81,300 t +0.7%
2015 81,600 t +0.4%
2016 81,100 t -0.6%
2017 82,500 t +1.7%
2018 83,700 t +1.5%
2019 84,800 t +1.3%
2020 84,400 t -0.5%
2021 84,900 t +0.6%
2022 85,800 t +1.1%
2023 86,800 t +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 57,778 t 54,000 t 62,000 t 9
1970s 64,200 t 62,000 t 68,000 t 10
1980s 68,400 t 64,000 t 72,000 t 10
1990s 63,680 t 52,000 t 76,800 t 10
2000s 70,520 t 63,200 t 76,700 t 10
2010s 81,090 t 77,400 t 84,800 t 10
2020s 85,475 t 84,400 t 86,800 t 4

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 13 Hungary 39,500 t compare
  2. 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 35,700 t compare
  3. 15 Mozambique 34,337 t compare
  4. 16 Spain 32,000 t compare
  5. 17 Germany 17,400 t compare
  6. 18 Paraguay 16,691 t compare
  7. 19 Oman 15,200 t compare

See the full ranking of 92 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is oil of maize — production in Southern Africa?
Oil of maize — production in Southern Africa was 86,800 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest oil of maize — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 86,800 t in 2023.
What is the lowest oil of maize — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 52,000 t in 1993.
How does Southern Africa rank for oil of maize — production?
Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
Is oil of maize — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Africa 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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Indicator
Oil of maize — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
92 places, 4,919 data points, 1961–2023
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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.