Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Africa
Africa: Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production was 87,512 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 87,512 t for rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 24.9% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Africa peaked at 87,512 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9,461 t, in 1997.
That places Africa 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,180 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,141 t | -29.0% |
| 1963 | 28,708 t | +29.7% |
| 1964 | 26,614 t | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 24,215 t | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 24,972 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 28,981 t | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 29,136 t | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 31,900 t | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 30,183 t | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 23,592 t | -21.8% |
| 1972 | 30,241 t | +28.2% |
| 1973 | 25,681 t | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 26,360 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 36,928 t | +40.1% |
| 1976 | 32,584 t | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 33,198 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 38,394 t | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 41,969 t | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 39,192 t | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 43,618 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 30,006 t | -31.2% |
| 1983 | 33,409 t | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 26,787 t | -19.8% |
| 1985 | 36,134 t | +34.9% |
| 1986 | 28,397 t | -21.4% |
| 1987 | 44,084 t | +55.2% |
| 1988 | 43,537 t | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 51,688 t | +18.7% |
| 1990 | 48,350 t | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 49,981 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 69,385 t | +38.8% |
| 1993 | 36,812 t | -46.9% |
| 1994 | 28,750 t | -21.9% |
| 1995 | 29,963 t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 24,622 t | -17.8% |
| 1997 | 9,461 t | -61.6% |
| 1998 | 25,658 t | +171.2% |
| 1999 | 16,278 t | -36.6% |
| 2000 | 26,585 t | +63.3% |
| 2001 | 14,525 t | -45.4% |
| 2002 | 28,700 t | +97.6% |
| 2003 | 28,729 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 31,459 t | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 41,906 t | +33.2% |
| 2006 | 44,192 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 32,147 t | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 42,030 t | +30.7% |
| 2009 | 33,296 t | -20.8% |
| 2010 | 25,651 t | -23.0% |
| 2011 | 59,745 t | +132.9% |
| 2012 | 63,695 t | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 68,478 t | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 72,091 t | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 71,882 t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 78,787 t | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 67,226 t | -14.7% |
| 2018 | 62,226 t | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 62,127 t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 58,607 t | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 64,742 t | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 70,059 t | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 87,512 t | +24.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,538 t | 22,141 t | 31,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,913 t | 23,592 t | 41,969 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,685 t | 26,787 t | 51,688 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,926 t | 9,461 t | 69,385 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,357 t | 14,525 t | 44,192 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,191 t | 25,651 t | 78,787 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,230 t | 58,607 t | 87,512 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 16 Czechia 506,000 t compare
- 17 Belarus 459,200 t compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 438,400 t compare
- 19 Ukraine 387,200 t compare
- 20 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 291,100 t compare
- 21 Belgium-Luxembourg 284,300 t compare
- 22 Denmark 283,900 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Africa?
- Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Africa was 87,512 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 87,512 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,461 t in 1997.
- How does Africa rank for rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — 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.