Oil of palm kernel — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Oil of palm kernel — Production is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 4.97 million t in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 t in USSR.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,495 t, and the mean is 124,440 t.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (up 930.2%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Oil of palm kernel — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 4.97 million t | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Malaysia | 2.12 million t | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 308,400 t | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 167,900 t | 2023 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Colombia | 118,672 t | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Melanesia | 76,053 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Guatemala | 74,487 t | 2023 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16,400 t | 2023 | up 228.0% | falling |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 74,000 t | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 9,277 t | 2023 | up 930.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 63,000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,545 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 9 | Honduras | 51,200 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 42,000 t | 2023 | up 333.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 59,800 t | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 40,500 t | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Cameroon | 37,800 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Ecuador | 30,200 t | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Peru | 25,400 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Caribbean | 9,001 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 17,741 t | 2023 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 16 | China | 16,934 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 16 | China, mainland | 16,934 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 18 | Togo | 16,000 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 14,500 t | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 12,600 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Angola | 11,100 t | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 22 | Gabon | 10,600 t | 2023 | up 292.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Cambodia | 10,100 t | 2023 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 9,001 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Paraguay | 6,674 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 6,433 t | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea | 4,876 t | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 28 | Burundi | 3,757 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Senegal | 3,445 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 2,053 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 31 | Liberia | 2,000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Panama | 1,120 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,100 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 998.08 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Madagascar | 587.37 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 480 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 143.82 t | 1999 | up 229.0% | volatile |
| 38 | France | 125.85 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 27.07 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Suriname | 11.81 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Yugoslav SFR | 0 t | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Hungary | 0 t | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Germany | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Denmark | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Spain | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Finland | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Czechoslovakia | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Italy | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Japan | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Niger | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Poland | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Portugal | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Singapore | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | USSR | 0 t | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 8.36 million t
- Asia 7.43 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 7.42 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 105,682 t
- Africa 436,794 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 86,544 t
- Americas 414,975 t
- Middle Africa 80,545 t
- Western Africa 348,360 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 270,960 t
- Central America 215,740 t
- South America 190,234 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 129,727 t
- Oceania 76,053 t
- Eastern Asia 16,934 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10,430 t
- Eastern Africa 7,890 t
- Western Europe 152.92 t
- Europe 152.92 t
- European Union (27) 152.92 t
- Northern Europe 0 t
- Eastern Europe 0 t
- Northern Africa 0 t
- Southern Europe 0 t
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.