Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Thailand: Palm oil — Production

Democratic Republic of the Congo
300,000 t
in 2023
Thailand
3.32 million t
in 2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
6th
Thailand rank
3rd

Palm oil — Production over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Thailand
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 3.32 million t against 300,000 t in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 3.02 million t.

That makes Thailand's figure about 11.1 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 3rd of 9 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of the Congo averaged higher in 3 and Thailand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 211,800 t 600 t 211,200 t Democratic Republic of the Congo
1970s 191,010 t 3,425 t 187,585 t Democratic Republic of the Congo
1980s 162,230 t 92,050 t 70,180 t Democratic Republic of the Congo
1990s 177,896 t 355,984 t 178,088 t Thailand
2000s 175,387 t 961,920 t 786,533 t Thailand
2010s 263,900 t 2.10 million t 1.83 million t Thailand
2020s 300,000 t 3.05 million t 2.75 million t Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher palm oil — production, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Thailand?
Thailand, at 3.32 million t against 300,000 t in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in palm oil — production between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Thailand?
3.02 million t, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Thailand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Thailand rank globally for palm oil — production?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 3rd of 9 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Palm oil — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Palm oil — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
72 places, 3,979 data points, 1961–2023
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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.