Coconut oil — Production in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Coconut oil — Production was 4,240 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Coconut oil — Production in French Polynesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
French Polynesia recorded 4,240 t for coconut oil — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 20.9% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in French Polynesia peaked at 13,050 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 480 t, in 1962.
That places French Polynesia 29th out of 92 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Coconut oil — Production in French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520 t | — |
| 1962 | 480 t | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 500 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 580 t | +16.0% |
| 1965 | 520 t | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 700 t | +34.6% |
| 1967 | 1,800 t | +157.1% |
| 1968 | 7,200 t | +300.0% |
| 1969 | 11,700 t | +62.5% |
| 1970 | 10,000 t | -14.5% |
| 1971 | 9,700 t | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 t | +23.7% |
| 1973 | 10,089 t | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 8,062 t | -20.1% |
| 1975 | 12,288 t | +52.4% |
| 1976 | 13,050 t | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 9,126 t | -30.1% |
| 1978 | 7,851 t | -14.0% |
| 1979 | 9,083 t | +15.7% |
| 1980 | 11,856 t | +30.5% |
| 1981 | 10,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1982 | 11,866 t | +18.7% |
| 1983 | 7,954 t | -33.0% |
| 1984 | 6,399 t | -19.5% |
| 1985 | 7,563 t | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 9,073 t | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 9,243 t | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 6,656 t | -28.0% |
| 1989 | 6,716 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 7,984 t | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 6,916 t | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 5,991 t | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 6,024 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 5,380 t | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 6,620 t | +23.0% |
| 1996 | 6,260 t | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 6,386 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 3,586 t | -43.8% |
| 1999 | 4,287 t | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 5,526 t | +28.9% |
| 2001 | 4,814 t | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 5,691 t | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 5,611 t | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 4,608 t | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 5,661 t | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 5,624 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 5,285 t | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 5,595 t | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 6,879 t | +22.9% |
| 2010 | 4,461 t | -35.2% |
| 2011 | 6,456 t | +44.7% |
| 2012 | 6,992 t | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 6,099 t | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 7,250 t | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 8,301 t | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 9,364 t | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 9,453 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 5,792 t | -38.7% |
| 2019 | 5,860 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 6,800 t | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 4,763 t | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 5,359 t | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 4,240 t | -20.9% |
French Polynesia compared with similar countries
- French Polynesia's 4,240 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.92 t, 2208.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- French Polynesia's 4,240 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,697 t, 90% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconut oil — Production in French Polynesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +300.0% | 1,800 t | 7,200 t |
| 1967 | +157.1% | 700 t | 1,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,667 t | 480 t | 11,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,125 t | 7,851 t | 13,050 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,733 t | 6,399 t | 11,866 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,943 t | 3,586 t | 7,984 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,529 t | 4,608 t | 6,879 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,003 t | 4,461 t | 9,453 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,290 t | 4,240 t | 6,800 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for French Polynesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.86 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 442.4 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1307 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3824 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.2% (2020)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.2% (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in French Polynesia?
- Coconut oil — production in French Polynesia was 4,240 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,050 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 480 t in 1962.
- How does French Polynesia rank for coconut oil — production?
- French Polynesia ranks 29th out of 92 countries with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this French Polynesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconut oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.