South America vs Thailand: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- South America
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 18,333 kg/ha against 15,034 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 3,299 kg/ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
South America ranks 2nd and Thailand ranks 2nd of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 3 and Thailand in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,413 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 1,624 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 9,677 kg/ha | 7,857 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 12,983 kg/ha | 10,341 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 13,045 kg/ha | 13,811 kg/ha | 766.18 kg/ha | Thailand |
| 2000s | 14,024 kg/ha | 16,460 kg/ha | 2,436 kg/ha | Thailand |
| 2010s | 14,848 kg/ha | 18,264 kg/ha | 3,416 kg/ha | Thailand |
| 2020s | 15,064 kg/ha | 18,088 kg/ha | 3,024 kg/ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, South America or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 18,333 kg/ha against 15,034 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between South America and Thailand?
- 3,299 kg/ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Thailand rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- South America ranks 2nd and Thailand ranks 2nd 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.