Oil of palm kernel — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Oil of palm kernel — Production was 348,360 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, oil of palm kernel — production in Western Africa stood at 348,360 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of palm kernel — production in Western Africa peaked at 348,360 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9,607 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 5th of 22 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,607 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,754 t | +11.9% |
| 1963 | 14,351 t | +33.4% |
| 1964 | 12,359 t | -13.9% |
| 1965 | 45,932 t | +271.6% |
| 1966 | 54,116 t | +17.8% |
| 1967 | 85,150 t | +57.3% |
| 1968 | 88,070 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 76,722 t | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 92,474 t | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 77,478 t | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 70,010 t | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 87,837 t | +25.5% |
| 1974 | 108,735 t | +23.8% |
| 1975 | 115,665 t | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 66,720 t | -42.3% |
| 1977 | 106,771 t | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 122,574 t | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 147,658 t | +20.5% |
| 1980 | 150,592 t | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 159,928 t | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 173,003 t | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 159,064 t | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 184,516 t | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 206,746 t | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 182,326 t | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 167,505 t | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 175,718 t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 193,112 t | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 215,115 t | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 225,532 t | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 236,653 t | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 287,621 t | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 294,477 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 309,398 t | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 306,233 t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 314,318 t | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 317,424 t | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 326,904 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 271,577 t | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 329,541 t | +21.3% |
| 2002 | 311,398 t | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 309,178 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 298,361 t | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 296,336 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 309,284 t | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 311,703 t | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 202,628 t | -35.0% |
| 2009 | 203,762 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 221,622 t | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 189,005 t | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 229,082 t | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 244,370 t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 250,335 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 251,488 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 257,497 t | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 274,667 t | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 292,769 t | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 309,665 t | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 311,034 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 326,267 t | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 341,546 t | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 348,360 t | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,118 t | 9,607 t | 88,070 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 99,592 t | 66,720 t | 147,658 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 175,251 t | 150,592 t | 206,746 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 283,368 t | 215,115 t | 326,904 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 284,377 t | 202,628 t | 329,541 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 252,050 t | 189,005 t | 309,665 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 331,802 t | 311,034 t | 348,360 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of palm kernel — production in Western Africa?
- Oil of palm kernel — production in Western Africa was 348,360 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 348,360 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,607 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for oil of palm kernel — production?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 22 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of palm kernel — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.