Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 221,828 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Brazil stood at 221,828 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 221,828 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Brazil 11th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | +20.8% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +37.9% |
| 1966 | 5,200 ha | +30.0% |
| 1967 | 4,600 ha | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 4,900 ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 5,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | -60.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 4,300 ha | +30.3% |
| 1977 | 5,700 ha | +32.6% |
| 1978 | 7,100 ha | +24.6% |
| 1979 | 7,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 5,700 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 6,600 ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 7,600 ha | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 8,600 ha | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 11,000 ha | +27.9% |
| 1985 | 13,500 ha | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 14,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +24.1% |
| 1988 | 21,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1990 | 33,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1991 | 69,316 ha | +110.0% |
| 1992 | 80,932 ha | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 69,714 ha | -13.9% |
| 1994 | 67,388 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 68,003 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 72,929 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 80,345 ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 79,021 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 77,773 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 81,881 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 84,636 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 78,363 ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 85,889 ha | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 87,542 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 87,925 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 96,509 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 102,042 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 103,158 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 103,904 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 106,420 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 109,080 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 113,135 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 108,635 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 126,559 ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 140,082 ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 135,546 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 115,133 ha | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 161,558 ha | +40.3% |
| 2019 | 177,475 ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 201,702 ha | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 197,165 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 200,624 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 201,222 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 221,828 ha | +10.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 221,828 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 2.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 221,828 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 2.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +110.0% | 33,000 ha | 69,316 ha |
| 1970 | -60.0% | 5,500 ha | 2,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,756 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,140 ha | 2,200 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,150 ha | 5,700 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,842 ha | 33,000 ha | 80,932 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,185 ha | 78,363 ha | 103,904 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,362 ha | 106,420 ha | 177,475 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 204,508 ha | 197,165 ha | 221,828 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 8 Papua New Guinea 281,937 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,603 ha compare
- 9 Guatemala 230,000 ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 223,979 ha compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 359,423 ha compare
- 12 Honduras 186,555 ha compare
- 13 Ecuador 157,204 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 25,000 ha compare
- 14 Mexico 102,610 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Brazil?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Brazil was 221,828 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 221,828 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.