Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 896,889 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 896,889 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 904,949 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 504,105 ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 596,125 ha | — |
| 1962 | 590,525 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 569,655 ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 552,655 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 504,105 ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 509,305 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 536,225 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 584,205 ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 591,160 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 578,510 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 577,690 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 566,740 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 555,260 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 553,670 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 553,050 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 544,659 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 541,964 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 539,894 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 553,636 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 559,035 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 562,355 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 568,882 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 569,252 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 576,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 572,366 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 580,938 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 586,060 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 594,202 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 602,986 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 613,219 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 638,716 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 663,792 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 673,519 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 679,865 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 686,241 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 699,568 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 683,494 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 669,671 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 657,348 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 659,925 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 637,102 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 627,279 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 621,956 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 625,144 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 630,154 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 639,330 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 645,448 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 653,273 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 657,655 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 662,081 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 665,868 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 716,993 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 766,551 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 778,847 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 794,897 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 809,734 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 822,053 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 839,540 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 875,218 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 873,528 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 886,096 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 897,655 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 904,949 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 896,889 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 559,329 ha | 504,105 ha | 596,125 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 556,507 ha | 539,894 ha | 578,510 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 577,243 ha | 559,035 ha | 602,986 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 666,543 ha | 613,219 ha | 699,568 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 639,727 ha | 621,956 ha | 659,925 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 773,178 ha | 662,081 ha | 875,218 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 891,823 ha | 873,528 ha | 904,949 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 896,889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 904,949 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 504,105 ha in 1965.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.