Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oil of maize — Production was 86,800 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil of maize — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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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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.