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Availability of vegetable oils

Definition

Amounts of vegetable oils available in a country's food supply (sum of production, imports, and net stocks minus exports, food manufacturing, feed, seed, waste, and other uses) at the national level (expressed as grams per person per day).

Relevance

Availability of vegetable oils in the national food supply is a precursor to consumption of vegetable oils, a component of the WHO's recommended healthy diet. Vegetable oils are an important source of unsaturated fats (though palm oil, also included in this indicator, contains saturated fat). Note that this indicator does not consider access or affordability of vegetable oils among population subgroups.

Additional Information

Recommended citation: FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Food Balances (2010-). [Accessed the first week of every month]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FBS. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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