Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 17.88 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
17.88 million t
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
10th
of 29 groups
All-time high
17.88 million t
in 2024
All-time low
3.67 million t
in 1966
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

Southern Asia recorded 17.88 million t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Southern Asia peaked at 17.88 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.67 million t, in 1966.

Southern Asia ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 3.74 million t
1962 3.99 million t +6.5%
1963 4.04 million t +1.3%
1964 4.09 million t +1.3%
1965 3.77 million t -8.0%
1966 3.67 million t -2.6%
1967 4.16 million t +13.5%
1968 4.07 million t -2.1%
1969 4.14 million t +1.7%
1970 4.68 million t +12.9%
1971 4.97 million t +6.3%
1972 4.11 million t -17.3%
1973 4.79 million t +16.5%
1974 4.62 million t -3.7%
1975 5.30 million t +14.8%
1976 4.64 million t -12.5%
1977 4.76 million t +2.6%
1978 4.93 million t +3.6%
1979 4.86 million t -1.4%
1980 4.43 million t -8.8%
1981 5.68 million t +28.2%
1982 5.36 million t -5.7%
1983 5.65 million t +5.4%
1984 6.12 million t +8.3%
1985 5.94 million t -3.0%
1986 5.83 million t -1.8%
1987 5.91 million t +1.4%
1988 7.81 million t +32.1%
1989 8.20 million t +4.9%
1990 8.31 million t +1.5%
1991 8.67 million t +4.2%
1992 9.69 million t +11.8%
1993 9.13 million t -5.8%
1994 9.76 million t +7.0%
1995 10.24 million t +4.8%
1996 10.31 million t +0.8%
1997 10.30 million t -0.2%
1998 9.81 million t -4.7%
1999 9.51 million t -3.1%
2000 9.21 million t -3.2%
2001 8.85 million t -3.9%
2002 7.97 million t -9.9%
2003 9.72 million t +22.0%
2004 10.49 million t +7.9%
2005 11.87 million t +13.2%
2006 11.76 million t -0.9%
2007 13.52 million t +15.0%
2008 12.03 million t -11.1%
2009 11.85 million t -1.5%
2010 13.53 million t +14.2%
2011 14.09 million t +4.2%
2012 13.10 million t -7.0%
2013 14.56 million t +11.1%
2014 13.65 million t -6.3%
2015 12.07 million t -11.6%
2016 13.23 million t +9.7%
2017 13.88 million t +4.9%
2018 14.08 million t +1.5%
2019 15.24 million t +8.2%
2020 15.35 million t +0.8%
2021 15.83 million t +3.1%
2022 16.42 million t +3.8%
2023 17.29 million t +5.3%
2024 17.88 million t +3.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3.96 million t 3.67 million t 4.16 million t 9
1970s 4.77 million t 4.11 million t 5.30 million t 10
1980s 6.09 million t 4.43 million t 8.20 million t 10
1990s 9.57 million t 8.31 million t 10.31 million t 10
2000s 10.73 million t 7.97 million t 13.52 million t 10
2010s 13.74 million t 12.07 million t 15.24 million t 10
2020s 16.56 million t 15.35 million t 17.88 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 7 Argentina 10.95 million t compare
  2. 8 Russian Federation 10.60 million t compare
  3. 9 Canada 8.86 million t compare
  4. 10 Ukraine 7.09 million t compare
  5. 11 Nigeria 4.52 million t compare
  6. 12 Thailand 4.22 million t compare
  7. 13 USSR 3.44 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Southern Asia?
Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Southern Asia was 17.88 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 17.88 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 3.67 million t in 1966.
How does Southern Asia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
Southern Asia ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,286 data points, 1961–2024
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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.