Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in India
India: Vegetable Oils — Import quantity was 16,187 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetable oils — import quantity in India is 16,187 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — import quantity in India peaked at 16,187 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,488 1000 t, in 2010.
That places India 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,488 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 7,811 1000 t | +42.3% |
| 2012 | 10,119 1000 t | +29.5% |
| 2013 | 10,966 1000 t | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 12,159 1000 t | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 15,112 1000 t | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 14,202 1000 t | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 15,215 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 14,577 1000 t | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 15,664 1000 t | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 13,788 1000 t | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 13,914 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 15,289 1000 t | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 16,187 1000 t | +5.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 16,187 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 141 1000 t, 114.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 16,187 1000 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 241 1000 t, 67.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12,131 1000 t | 5,488 1000 t | 15,664 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,794 1000 t | 13,788 1000 t | 16,187 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 China 12,808 1000 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 12,266 1000 t compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7,981 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetable oils — import quantity in India?
- Vegetable oils — import quantity in India was 16,187 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — import quantity recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 16,187 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — import quantity recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,488 1000 t in 2010.
- How does India rank for vegetable oils — import quantity?
- India ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — import quantity rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetable Oils — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.