Africa vs Brazil: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 14,525 kg/ha against 4,028 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 10,497 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 3.6 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 14th and Brazil ranks 11th of 15 groups.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,429 kg/ha | 10,649 kg/ha | 7,220 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 3,687 kg/ha | 10,421 kg/ha | 6,734 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 3,698 kg/ha | 10,651 kg/ha | 6,953 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 3,695 kg/ha | 9,288 kg/ha | 5,592 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 3,730 kg/ha | 10,208 kg/ha | 6,478 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 4,017 kg/ha | 12,395 kg/ha | 8,378 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 4,040 kg/ha | 14,501 kg/ha | 10,461 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Africa or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 14,525 kg/ha against 4,028 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Africa and Brazil?
- 10,497 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Africa ranks 14th and Brazil ranks 11th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Yield. 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.