Coconut oil — Production in Thailand
Thailand: Coconut oil — Production was 29,300 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Coconut oil — Production in Thailand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, coconut oil — production in Thailand stood at 29,300 t.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in Thailand peaked at 65,909 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 12,146 t, in 1961.
That places Thailand 9th out of 92 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Coconut oil — Production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,146 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,826 t | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 13,377 t | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 13,759 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 17,490 t | +27.1% |
| 1966 | 22,784 t | +30.3% |
| 1967 | 21,486 t | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 22,422 t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 22,021 t | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 22,501 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 19,327 t | -14.1% |
| 1972 | 23,048 t | +19.3% |
| 1973 | 24,329 t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 24,966 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 24,965 t | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 28,552 t | +14.4% |
| 1977 | 26,310 t | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 27,803 t | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 26,262 t | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 30,414 t | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 38,390 t | +26.2% |
| 1982 | 34,459 t | -10.2% |
| 1983 | 32,955 t | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 33,996 t | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 34,675 t | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 37,002 t | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 39,315 t | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 40,956 t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 41,603 t | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 42,876 t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 40,584 t | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 38,389 t | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 63,251 t | +64.8% |
| 1994 | 65,909 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 63,135 t | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 64,870 t | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 40,016 t | -38.3% |
| 1998 | 40,261 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 43,480 t | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 55,258 t | +27.1% |
| 2001 | 59,545 t | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 62,703 t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 54,309 t | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 54,528 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 49,769 t | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 46,565 t | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 44,160 t | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 38,062 t | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 35,422 t | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 31,976 t | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 26,200 t | -18.1% |
| 2012 | 28,700 t | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 29,300 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 29,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 29,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27,500 t | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 27,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28,700 t | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 29,900 t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 27,600 t | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 28,700 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 28,700 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 29,300 t | +2.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 29,300 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 950.43 t, 30.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 29,300 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,697 t, 6.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconut oil — Production in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +64.8% | 38,389 t | 63,251 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,590 t | 12,146 t | 22,784 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,806 t | 19,327 t | 28,552 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,377 t | 30,414 t | 41,603 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,277 t | 38,389 t | 65,909 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,032 t | 35,422 t | 62,703 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,838 t | 26,200 t | 31,976 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,575 t | 27,600 t | 29,300 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 6 Papua New Guinea 43,900 t compare
- 6 Micronesia 14,519 t compare
- 7 Sri Lanka 43,475 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 14,500 t compare
- 8 Belgium-Luxembourg 40,966 t compare
- 8 Polynesia 10,832 t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 29,300 t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9,861 t compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4,379 t compare
- 11 Mozambique 27,100 t compare
- 12 Jamaica 13,550 t compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 86 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in Thailand?
- Coconut oil — production in Thailand was 29,300 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 65,909 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,146 t in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for coconut oil — production?
- Thailand ranks 9th out of 92 countries with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.