Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 1.73 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Americas is 1.73 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Americas peaked at 1.73 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61,610 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,610 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,612 ha | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 66,702 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 73,070 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 82,580 ha | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 83,615 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 90,020 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 108,619 ha | +20.7% |
| 1969 | 89,022 ha | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 79,067 ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 97,139 ha | +22.9% |
| 1972 | 94,052 ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 89,228 ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 85,258 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 75,351 ha | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 86,013 ha | +14.1% |
| 1977 | 90,452 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 99,252 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 106,514 ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 118,535 ha | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 117,782 ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 138,384 ha | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 136,610 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 152,642 ha | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 165,707 ha | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 190,722 ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 197,377 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 216,080 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 240,499 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 271,103 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 320,038 ha | +18.1% |
| 1992 | 364,268 ha | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 357,323 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 386,013 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 395,633 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 415,439 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 435,592 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 445,140 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 457,719 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 503,507 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 546,045 ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 532,985 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 546,668 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 601,598 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 646,544 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 678,914 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 704,454 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 730,679 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 797,695 ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 851,795 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 929,485 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 968,074 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 1.20 million ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 1.33 million ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 1.32 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.49 million ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 1.57 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 1.62 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.67 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.68 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.67 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.70 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.73 million ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,317 ha | 61,610 ha | 108,619 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,233 ha | 75,351 ha | 106,514 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167,434 ha | 117,782 ha | 240,499 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 384,827 ha | 271,103 ha | 457,719 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 628,909 ha | 503,507 ha | 797,695 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 851,795 ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.69 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Malaysia 5.07 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 4.49 million ha compare
- 4 Thailand 1.01 million ha compare
- 5 Colombia 511,583 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 309,937 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 296,829 ha compare
- 6 Ghana 435,934 ha compare
- 7 Guinea 333,229 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48,098 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 281,937 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,603 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Americas?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Americas was 1.73 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,610 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — Area harvested. 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.