Oil of palm kernel — Production in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oil of palm kernel — Production was 30,200 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 30,200 t for oil of palm kernel — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of palm kernel — production in Ecuador peaked at 50,000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,215 t, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 13th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,865 t | 2,250 t | 4,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,150 t | 1,215 t | 2,925 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,657 t | 2,840 t | 12,193 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,159 t | 11,282 t | 20,294 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,271 t | 16,726 t | 37,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,910 t | 31,700 t | 50,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,750 t | 29,500 t | 37,100 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 10 Mexico 42,000 t compare
- 11 Costa Rica 40,500 t compare
- 12 Cameroon 37,800 t compare
- 14 Peru 25,400 t compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 17,741 t compare
- 16 China 16,934 t compare
- 16 China, mainland 16,934 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of palm kernel — production in Ecuador?
- Oil of palm kernel — production in Ecuador was 30,200 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 50,000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,215 t in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for oil of palm kernel — production?
- Ecuador ranks 13th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of palm kernel — production rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil of palm kernel — 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.