Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in South America
South America: Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production was 165,658 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in South America is 165,658 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.6% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in South America peaked at 165,658 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,169 t, in 1983.
That places South America 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,954 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,934 t | -18.9% |
| 1963 | 21,308 t | +64.8% |
| 1964 | 24,908 t | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 30,790 t | +23.6% |
| 1966 | 31,691 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 24,878 t | -21.5% |
| 1968 | 19,936 t | -19.9% |
| 1969 | 26,357 t | +32.2% |
| 1970 | 28,737 t | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 34,081 t | +18.6% |
| 1972 | 31,948 t | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 16,516 t | -48.3% |
| 1974 | 14,254 t | -13.7% |
| 1975 | 24,961 t | +75.1% |
| 1976 | 42,561 t | +70.5% |
| 1977 | 33,970 t | -20.2% |
| 1978 | 22,049 t | -35.1% |
| 1979 | 59,385 t | +169.3% |
| 1980 | 34,994 t | -41.1% |
| 1981 | 16,355 t | -53.3% |
| 1982 | 8,225 t | -49.7% |
| 1983 | 5,169 t | -37.2% |
| 1984 | 5,292 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 16,560 t | +212.9% |
| 1986 | 43,336 t | +161.7% |
| 1987 | 43,316 t | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 54,126 t | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 53,487 t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 25,490 t | -52.3% |
| 1991 | 26,787 t | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 31,878 t | +19.0% |
| 1993 | 21,207 t | -33.5% |
| 1994 | 21,704 t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 14,246 t | -34.4% |
| 1996 | 17,584 t | +23.4% |
| 1997 | 16,831 t | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 30,570 t | +81.6% |
| 1999 | 41,007 t | +34.1% |
| 2000 | 35,624 t | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 43,727 t | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 23,485 t | -46.3% |
| 2003 | 30,791 t | +31.1% |
| 2004 | 45,720 t | +48.5% |
| 2005 | 59,958 t | +31.1% |
| 2006 | 57,978 t | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 69,850 t | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 72,688 t | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 66,024 t | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 87,207 t | +32.1% |
| 2011 | 84,235 t | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 113,476 t | +34.7% |
| 2013 | 120,884 t | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 121,835 t | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 155,120 t | +27.3% |
| 2016 | 146,204 t | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 127,088 t | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 124,697 t | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 118,928 t | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 118,614 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 137,216 t | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 128,801 t | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 165,658 t | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,195 t | 12,934 t | 31,691 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,846 t | 14,254 t | 59,385 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,086 t | 5,169 t | 54,126 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,730 t | 14,246 t | 41,007 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,584 t | 23,485 t | 72,688 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 119,967 t | 84,235 t | 155,120 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,572 t | 118,614 t | 165,658 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in South America?
- Rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production in South America was 165,658 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 165,658 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,169 t in 1983.
- How does South America rank for rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production?
- South America ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rapeseed or canola oil, crude — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.