Brazil vs South America: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.05 million ha against 221,828 ha in Brazil, a difference of 832,892 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.8 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 11th and South America ranks 8th of 41 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,756 ha | 54,750 ha | 50,994 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 4,140 ha | 63,029 ha | 58,889 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 13,150 ha | 125,324 ha | 112,174 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 69,842 ha | 302,207 ha | 232,365 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 91,185 ha | 432,297 ha | 341,112 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 129,362 ha | 794,244 ha | 664,881 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 204,508 ha | 1.01 million ha | 800,510 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Brazil or South America?
- South America, at 1.05 million ha against 221,828 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Brazil and South America?
- 832,892 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and South America rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th and South America ranks 8th of 41 countries.
- 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.