Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 14.32 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Indonesia, 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 Indonesia is 14.32 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 75.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 14.32 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Indonesia 1st out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 95,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 142,000 ha | +29.1% |
| 1976 | 130,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 180,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1979 | 200,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 204,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 230,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1982 | 239,700 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 255,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 296,300 ha | +16.1% |
| 1985 | 348,700 ha | +17.7% |
| 1986 | 374,100 ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 421,600 ha | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 535,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 1989 | 590,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 673,033 ha | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 772,245 ha | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 875,100 ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 921,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1.04 million ha | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 1.43 million ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 1.62 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 1.80 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 1.85 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 2.01 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 2.20 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 2.79 million ha | +26.8% |
| 2003 | 3.04 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 3.32 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 3.69 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 4.11 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 4.56 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 4.98 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 5.00 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 5.78 million ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 6.17 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 6.65 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 7.72 million ha | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 8.15 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 8.65 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 9.72 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 11.00 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 12.20 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 12.88 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 13.25 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 13.67 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 13.94 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 14.17 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 14.32 million ha | +1.1% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 14.32 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 141.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 14.32 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 175,126 ha, 81.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,556 ha | 70,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,700 ha | 95,000 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 349,470 ha | 204,000 ha | 590,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 million ha | 673,033 ha | 1.85 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.57 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 5.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.89 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 12.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.87 million ha | 13.25 million ha | 14.32 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Indonesia was 14.32 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.32 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Indonesia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 1st out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.