Vegetable oil production by country

Countries reporting
64
Highest
275,800 tonnes
China
Lowest
0 tonnes
Panama
Median
3,000 tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
3,404

What the numbers show

Vegetable oil production is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 275,800 tonnes in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Panama.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,000 tonnes, and the mean is 18,780 tonnes.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 21,366.8%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).

Vegetable oil production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 275,800 tonnes 2023 up 24.7% rising
2 India 264,000 tonnes 2023 up 19.5% rising
3 Myanmar 148,500 tonnes 2023 down 25.9% volatile
4 Japan 54,915 tonnes 2023 up 22.0% rising
5 Nigeria 48,602 tonnes 2023 down 46.1% volatile
6 Central African Republic 44,820 tonnes 2023 up 479.3% volatile
7 Turkey 40,200 tonnes 2023 up 90.5% volatile
8 Uganda 32,300 tonnes 2023 up 26.2% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 27,543 tonnes 2023 up 36.0% volatile
10 Mexico 27,200 tonnes 2023 up 104.5% volatile
11 South Sudan 26,700 tonnes 2023 down 37.2% falling
12 Sudan 26,300 tonnes 2023 up 16.4% falling
13 South Korea 15,300 tonnes 2023 down 47.9% volatile
14 Mozambique 15,277 tonnes 2023 up 155.9% volatile
15 Taiwan 13,506 tonnes 2023 down 20.6% volatile
16 Germany 12,436 tonnes 2023 up 0.5% volatile
17 Pakistan 12,142 tonnes 2023 up 295.4% volatile
18 Iran 9,348 tonnes 2023 down 8.5% volatile
19 Chad 9,146 tonnes 2023 up 22.3% volatile
20 Vietnam 8,700 tonnes 2023 up 84.5% volatile
21 Lebanon 8,228 tonnes 2023 up 29.7% volatile
22 Jordan 8,073 tonnes 2023 up 38.8% volatile
23 Yemen 6,715 tonnes 2023 down 22.5% rising
24 Greece 6,107 tonnes 2023 down 1.2% rising
25 Bangladesh 5,996 tonnes 2023 up 61.8% falling
26 Venezuela 5,405 tonnes 2023 up 2,025.9% volatile
27 Tanzania 5,115 tonnes 2023 down 80.6% volatile
28 Thailand 4,800 tonnes 2023 down 28.6% volatile
29 Malaysia 4,175 tonnes 2023 down 54.7% volatile
30 Poland 3,800 tonnes 2023 down 20.0% volatile
31 France 3,585 tonnes 2023 down 27.5% volatile
32 Italy 3,000 tonnes 2023 down 11.8% volatile
32 Syria 3,000 tonnes 2023 down 63.9% volatile
34 Australia 2,474 tonnes 2023 up 25.6% volatile
35 Mali 2,365 tonnes 2023 down 55.9% volatile
36 Netherlands 2,189 tonnes 2023 down 22.4% volatile
37 Iraq 1,600 tonnes 2023 down 54.3% volatile
38 Guatemala 1,368 tonnes 2023 down 4.7% volatile
39 Somalia 1,306 tonnes 2023 up 141.0% volatile
40 Palestine 1,207 tonnes 2022 up 1,719.8% volatile
41 Colombia 1,198 tonnes 2023 up 21,366.8% volatile
42 Singapore 1,000 tonnes 2023 down 62.1% volatile
43 Afghanistan 908.61 tonnes 2023 down 31.9% volatile
44 Burkina Faso 708.41 tonnes 2023 up 339.1% volatile
45 Eritrea 630 tonnes 2023 up 1.0% rising
46 Belgium 590.34 tonnes 2023 down 27.9% rising
47 Denmark 552.57 tonnes 2023 down 24.7% rising
48 South Africa 544.71 tonnes 2023 down 11.3% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 500.39 tonnes 2023 up 17.7% volatile
50 North Macedonia 390.63 tonnes 2023 up 20.1% rising
51 Honduras 354.47 tonnes 2023 up 131.5% volatile
52 Czechia 332.3 tonnes 2023 down 15.8% rising
53 Tunisia 268.21 tonnes 2023 up 18.3% volatile
54 Portugal 226.94 tonnes 2023 up 117.7% volatile
55 Costa Rica 167.26 tonnes 2023 down 15.9% volatile
56 Nicaragua 94 tonnes 2009 up 300.0% rising
57 Slovenia 70.41 tonnes 2023 up 36.5% volatile
58 Ukraine 43.05 tonnes 2023 down 20.4% rising
59 Russia 36.99 tonnes 2023 up 50.7% flat
60 El Salvador 24.3 tonnes 2023 down 46.0% volatile
61 Cyprus 12.73 tonnes 2023 up 6.1% volatile
62 Turkmenistan 1 tonnes 2023 volatile
63 Finland 0 tonnes 2018 volatile
63 Panama 0 tonnes 2021 down 100.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Vegetable oil production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
66 places, 3,404 data points, 1961–2023
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