Soya bean oil — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Soya bean oil — Production was 222,400 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Soya bean oil — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 222,400 t for soya bean oil — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 23.1% on the previous year and up 151.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya bean oil — production in Western Africa peaked at 222,400 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 22nd out of 27 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.
Soya bean oil — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 17.67 t | — |
| 1986 | 17.29 t | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 21.47 t | +24.2% |
| 1988 | 394.77 t | +1738.7% |
| 1989 | 420.42 t | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 425.93 t | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,065 t | +150.1% |
| 1992 | 1,673 t | +57.0% |
| 1993 | 1,790 t | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 2,072 t | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 2,351 t | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 2,403 t | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2,389 t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,733 t | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 2,932 t | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 3,104 t | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 3,193 t | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 4,491 t | +40.6% |
| 2003 | 4,337 t | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 3,572 t | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 4,233 t | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 3,236 t | -23.6% |
| 2007 | 5,205 t | +60.9% |
| 2008 | 2,921 t | -43.9% |
| 2009 | 3,548 t | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 50,872 t | +1334.0% |
| 2011 | 43,191 t | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 66,700 t | +54.4% |
| 2013 | 88,400 t | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 85,839 t | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 107,621 t | +25.4% |
| 2016 | 103,822 t | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 89,069 t | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 98,300 t | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 143,100 t | +45.6% |
| 2020 | 161,800 t | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 174,000 t | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 180,600 t | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 222,400 t | +23.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 87.16 t | 0 t | 420.42 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,983 t | 425.93 t | 2,932 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,784 t | 2,921 t | 5,205 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 87,691 t | 43,191 t | 143,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 184,700 t | 161,800 t | 222,400 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 19 South Africa 322,900 t compare
- 20 Ukraine 307,900 t compare
- 21 Bangladesh 294,100 t compare
- 22 Algeria 243,700 t compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 193,200 t compare
- 24 Belgium-Luxembourg 185,700 t compare
- 25 Portugal 168,600 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.02 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 35.55 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya bean oil — production in Western Africa?
- Soya bean oil — production in Western Africa was 222,400 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya bean oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 222,400 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya bean oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for soya bean oil — production?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is soya bean oil — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 151.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya bean oil — 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.