Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 20.56 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 20.56 million ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Asia peaked at 20.56 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 114,402 ha, in 1961.
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 | 150,739 ha | 114,402 ha | 216,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 518,253 ha | 251,950 ha | 883,915 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.61 million ha | 998,724 ha | 2.41 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.96 million ha | 2.57 million ha | 5.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.99 million ha | 5.70 million ha | 10.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.72 million ha | 11.28 million ha | 19.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.15 million ha | 19.58 million ha | 20.56 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
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- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 43,044 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Asia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Asia was 20.56 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.56 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 114,402 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.