Americas vs Colombia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Colombia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.73 million ha against 511,583 ha in Colombia, a difference of 1.22 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.4 times Colombia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and Colombia ranks 5th of 15 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,317 ha | 3,694 ha | 76,622 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 90,233 ha | 16,590 ha | 73,643 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 167,434 ha | 44,204 ha | 123,230 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 384,827 ha | 112,018 ha | 272,808 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 628,909 ha | 155,555 ha | 473,354 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 329,652 ha | 906,407 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.69 million ha | 492,395 ha | 1.20 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Americas or Colombia?
- Americas, at 1.73 million ha against 511,583 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Americas and Colombia?
- 1.22 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Colombia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Colombia rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th and Colombia ranks 5th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.