Vegetable Oils — Food in China
China: Vegetable Oils — Food was 13,503 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetable oils — food in China is 13,503 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food in China peaked at 13,503 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,163 1000 t, in 2011.
China ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Food in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,364 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 10,163 1000 t | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 10,570 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 11,165 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 11,304 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 11,832 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 11,206 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 11,512 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 11,903 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 12,872 1000 t | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 13,239 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 13,451 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 12,559 1000 t | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 13,503 1000 t | +7.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 13,503 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76 1000 t, 177.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 13,503 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21 1000 t, 643.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11,289 1000 t | 10,163 1000 t | 12,872 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,188 1000 t | 12,559 1000 t | 13,503 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 India 13,407 1000 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 12,867 1000 t compare
- 4 United States 7,470 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetable oils — food in China?
- Vegetable oils — food in China was 13,503 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 13,503 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,163 1000 t in 2011.
- How does China rank for vegetable oils — food?
- China ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetable Oils — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.