Castor Oil, Hydrogenated Consumption by Country

The Philippines ranked first in 2023, with 29,191 tonnes of hydrogenated castor oil food supply, or about 86.0 percent of the listed total. The Dominican Republic ranked second at 3,485 tonnes, followed by Haiti at 541.37 tonnes. The listed 2023 total was 33,948 tonnes, and 25 of the 31 country rows reported a value for that year, 16 of them above zero. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of food actually eaten. The supplied per-capita series contains no values for 2019-2023.

Ivory Coast placed fourth by volume at 339.68 tonnes, and the three leading countries together accounted for about 97.8 percent of the listed 2023 total, with the Philippines alone supplying roughly 86.0 percent.

• The Philippines recorded the largest decline by tonnage in the latest year.
• Papua New Guinea lost more than 98 percent of its 2022 level.
• The Netherlands added 286.42 tonnes from a small base.
• The Dominican Republic added 1,445 tonnes, up 70.8 percent.

Castor Oil, Hydrogenated Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Philippines PH	29.19K	—
2	Dominican Republic DO	3.49K	—
3	Haiti HT	541.37	—
4	Ivory Coast CI	339.68	—
5	Netherlands NL	287.78	—
6	Papua New Guinea PG	51	—
7	Vietnam VN	26.85	—
8	South Korea KR	12.99	—
9	Tunisia TN	5.36	—
10	Algeria DZ	2.26	—
11	Lesotho LS	1.62	—
12	Belarus BY	1.25	—
13	Bangladesh BD	0.78	—
14	Bulgaria BG	0.41	—
15	Lithuania LT	0.15	—
16	Congo CG	0.01	—
17	Armenia AM	0	—
18	DR Congo CD	0	—
19	Estonia EE	0	—
20	Iran IR	0	—
21	Marshall Islands MH	0	—
22	Nigeria NG	0	—
23	Saudi Arabia SA	0	—
24	Tanzania TZ	0	—
25	Yemen YE	0	—

The Philippines Leads Hydrogenated Castor Oil Food Supply

The Philippines lost 11,115 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 27.6 percent to 29,191 tonnes. Papua New Guinea lost 3,549 tonnes, down 98.6 percent, to 51 tonnes, and Haiti shed 618.63 tonnes, down 53.3 percent. Ivory Coast added 247.28 tonnes, up 267.6 percent, the Netherlands added 286.42 tonnes from 1.36 tonnes, and the Dominican Republic added 1,445 tonnes, up 70.8 percent. The 24 countries with a value in both years fell from 47,413 tonnes to 33,935 tonnes, down 13,479 tonnes, or 28.4 percent, with South Korea joining and none leaving.

Five-Year Changes in Hydrogenated Castor Oil Supply

Between 2019 and 2023, the 11 countries with a value in both years fell from 40,509 tonnes to 33,227 tonnes, down 7,282 tonnes, or 18.0 percent. The Philippines recorded the largest decline, losing 7,424 tonnes, down 20.3 percent. Haiti shed 450.28 tonnes, down 45.4 percent, and DR Congo fell from 30.58 tonnes to a reported zero. Lesotho moved from a reported zero to 1.62 tonnes, Tunisia from zero to 5.36 tonnes, and the Dominican Republic added 633 tonnes, up 22.2 percent. Fourteen countries entered the comparison with 2023 values and no 2019 value, while Cuba, Gambia, Lebanon and Moldova left it.

What the Castor Oil Data Measures

Hydrogenated castor oil available for human consumption is recorded in tonnes for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only, and the listed total is not a world figure that includes regional aggregates. Total tonnage shows the scale of reported supply.

Nine countries reported zero tonnes in 2023, including Saudi Arabia, which fell from 61.52 tonnes in 2022, so that change warrants a source check. The Netherlands rose from 1.36 tonnes to 287.78 tonnes, an unusually large move that also deserves care. A reported zero is a recorded value and a blank cell is missing data, so the six rows without a 2023 value cannot be read as zero supply. The supplied per-capita series is entirely blank for 2019-2023, so no grams-per-day comparison exists.

Castor Oil, Hydrogenated Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Philippines	36.62K	-	20.43K	-	34.97K	-	40.31K	-	29.19K	-
2	Dominican Republic	2.85K	-	3.44K	-	1.59K	-	2.04K	-	3.49K	-
3	Haiti	991.65	-	881.06	-	1.19K	-	1.16K	-	541.37	-
4	Ivory Coast	-	-	544.08	-	458.86	-	92.4	-	339.68	-
5	Netherlands	-	-	6.39	-	1	-	1.36	-	287.78	-
6	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	3.47K	-	3.6K	-	51	-
7	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	0	-	18.42	-	26.85	-
8	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.99	-
9	Tunisia	0	-	4.22	-	-	-	0	-	5.36	-
10	Algeria	2.73	-	0.1	-	4.78	-	3.33	-	2.26	-
11	Lesotho	0	-	0	-	-	-	0	-	1.62	-
12	Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.96	-	1.25	-
13	Bangladesh	0.75	-	33.56	-	0.74	-	21.97	-	0.78	-
14	Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	0.37	-	0.39	-	0.41	-
15	Lithuania	-	-	0.22	-	0.08	-	0.15	-	0.15	-
16	Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	80.33	-	0.01	-
17	Armenia	-	-	0.2	-	1.91	-	0	-	0	-
18	DR Congo	30.58	-	0	-	0	-	2.55	-	0	-
19	Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	-	0	-
20	Iran	-	-	0.7	-	2.22	-	0.3	-	0	-
21	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.06	-	0	-
22	Nigeria	0.05	-	0.51	-	0	-	18.44	-	0	-
23	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.52	-	0	-
24	Tanzania	0.54	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
25	Yemen	15.88	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
26	Kazakhstan	-	-	4.18K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	Cuba	36.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
28	Kiribati	-	-	-	-	18.17	-	-	-	-	-
29	Gambia	0	-	0	-	1.15	-	-	-	-	-
30	Lebanon	121.84	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	Moldova	0.28	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, using element 5141 for food supply quantity in tonnes and element 665 for food supply quantity in grams per capita per day, for castor oil, hydrogenated, over 2019-2023. Of the 31 country rows, 25 reported a value in 2023 and 16 of those were above zero. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives 24 countries for 2022-2023 and 11 for 2019-2023, and the country count and both totals come from that shared set. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that base is zero. Reported zeros are kept as values, blank cells are treated as missing data, and values under 1,000 tonnes are shown to two decimal places.