Oil of palm kernel — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Oil of palm kernel — Production was 76,053 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 76,053 t for oil of palm kernel — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of palm kernel — production in Melanesia peaked at 78,771 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Melanesia, 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 | 120 t | — |
| 1972 | 486.8 t | +305.7% |
| 1973 | 1,112 t | +128.4% |
| 1974 | 747.6 t | -32.8% |
| 1975 | 1,834 t | +145.3% |
| 1976 | 2,571 t | +40.2% |
| 1977 | 2,237 t | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 1,915 t | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 2,520 t | +31.6% |
| 1980 | 2,032 t | -19.4% |
| 1981 | 4,844 t | +138.4% |
| 1982 | 4,190 t | -13.5% |
| 1983 | 6,370 t | +52.0% |
| 1984 | 8,849 t | +38.9% |
| 1985 | 8,056 t | -9.0% |
| 1986 | 10,626 t | +31.9% |
| 1987 | 13,229 t | +24.5% |
| 1988 | 9,484 t | -28.3% |
| 1989 | 12,941 t | +36.5% |
| 1990 | 15,520 t | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 14,425 t | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 17,404 t | +20.7% |
| 1993 | 17,530 t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 17,560 t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 11,910 t | -32.2% |
| 1996 | 19,343 t | +62.4% |
| 1997 | 15,607 t | -19.3% |
| 1998 | 22,241 t | +42.5% |
| 1999 | 27,200 t | +22.3% |
| 2000 | 33,600 t | +23.5% |
| 2001 | 27,560 t | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 28,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 30,100 t | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 32,200 t | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 30,800 t | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 33,800 t | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 37,200 t | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 41,700 t | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 40,900 t | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 41,700 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 45,100 t | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 44,300 t | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 54,600 t | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 61,880 t | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 60,560 t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 65,760 t | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 66,160 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 67,460 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 63,160 t | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 66,660 t | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 74,261 t | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 78,771 t | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 76,053 t | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,354 t | 0 t | 2,571 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,062 t | 2,032 t | 13,229 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,874 t | 11,910 t | 27,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,586 t | 27,560 t | 41,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,068 t | 41,700 t | 67,460 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,936 t | 66,660 t | 78,771 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of palm kernel — production in Melanesia?
- Oil of palm kernel — production in Melanesia was 76,053 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 78,771 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for oil of palm kernel — production?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 8 regions with data for 2023.
- Is oil of palm kernel — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.