Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production was 6,300 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Eastern Africa stood at 6,300 t.
That represents a change of up 23.5% on the previous year and down 77.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 33,471 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,860 t, in 2010.
That places Eastern Africa 25th out of 25 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,924 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,485 t | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 5,522 t | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 5,788 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 5,600 t | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 6,080 t | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 6,080 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,984 t | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 5,909 t | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 6,200 t | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 6,226 t | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 6,309 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 6,484 t | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 6,548 t | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,552 t | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,233 t | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 6,253 t | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 5,625 t | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 4,736 t | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 2,340 t | -50.6% |
| 1981 | 4,708 t | +101.2% |
| 1982 | 4,662 t | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 5,994 t | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 4,286 t | -28.5% |
| 1985 | 4,154 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 5,395 t | +29.9% |
| 1987 | 11,909 t | +120.7% |
| 1988 | 19,107 t | +60.4% |
| 1989 | 22,670 t | +18.6% |
| 1990 | 24,553 t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 25,143 t | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 25,469 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 2,835 t | -88.9% |
| 1994 | 2,995 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 3,272 t | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 2,594 t | -20.7% |
| 1997 | 5,310 t | +104.7% |
| 1998 | 5,715 t | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 6,148 t | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 5,310 t | -13.6% |
| 2001 | 5,307 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,366 t | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 6,231 t | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 9,230 t | +48.1% |
| 2005 | 11,389 t | +23.4% |
| 2006 | 7,790 t | -31.6% |
| 2007 | 8,060 t | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14,348 t | +78.0% |
| 2009 | 5,768 t | -59.8% |
| 2010 | 1,860 t | -67.8% |
| 2011 | 33,471 t | +1699.5% |
| 2012 | 32,153 t | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 27,870 t | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 24,500 t | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 19,700 t | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 21,400 t | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 14,700 t | -31.3% |
| 2018 | 12,000 t | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 14,100 t | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 13,400 t | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 4,300 t | -67.9% |
| 2022 | 5,100 t | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 6,300 t | +23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,819 t | 5,485 t | 6,080 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,117 t | 4,736 t | 6,552 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,523 t | 2,340 t | 22,670 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,403 t | 2,594 t | 25,469 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,880 t | 5,307 t | 14,348 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,175 t | 1,860 t | 33,471 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,275 t | 4,300 t | 13,400 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Eastern Africa?
- Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in Eastern Africa was 6,300 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,471 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,860 t in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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.