Oil of palm kernel — Production in Indonesia
Indonesia: Oil of palm kernel — Production was 4.97 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Indonesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil of palm kernel — production in Indonesia is 4.97 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of palm kernel — production in Indonesia peaked at 4.97 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Indonesia ranks 1st of 62 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 7,100 t | — |
| 1974 | 16,000 t | +125.4% |
| 1975 | 15,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 25,000 t | +66.7% |
| 1977 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 44,000 t | +69.2% |
| 1979 | 35,000 t | -20.5% |
| 1980 | 39,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 48,000 t | +23.1% |
| 1982 | 57,000 t | +18.8% |
| 1983 | 64,000 t | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 75,000 t | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 124,000 t | +65.3% |
| 1986 | 143,000 t | +15.3% |
| 1987 | 148,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 200,000 t | +35.1% |
| 1989 | 280,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1990 | 305,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 256,000 t | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 293,000 t | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 365,000 t | +24.6% |
| 1994 | 411,800 t | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 427,696 t | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 492,443 t | +15.1% |
| 1997 | 551,300 t | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 527,300 t | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 641,600 t | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 717,800 t | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 782,300 t | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 972,300 t | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million t | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 1.28 million t | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 1.46 million t | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 1.68 million t | +15.2% |
| 2007 | 1.82 million t | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 2.06 million t | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 2.28 million t | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 2.36 million t | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 2.60 million t | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 2.92 million t | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 3.07 million t | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 3.34 million t | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 3.60 million t | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 3.43 million t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 3.89 million t | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 4.36 million t | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 4.58 million t | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 4.45 million t | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 4.65 million t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 4.84 million t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 4.97 million t | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,810 t | 0 t | 44,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 117,800 t | 39,000 t | 280,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 427,114 t | 256,000 t | 641,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.41 million t | 717,800 t | 2.28 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.42 million t | 2.36 million t | 4.58 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.73 million t | 4.45 million t | 4.97 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 13.1 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.1 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of palm kernel — production in Indonesia?
- Oil of palm kernel — production in Indonesia was 4.97 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.97 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Indonesia rank for oil of palm kernel — production?
- Indonesia ranks 1st out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of palm kernel — production rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.