Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 19,512 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Liberia stood at 19,512 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 19,512 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1990.
Liberia ranks 29th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 18,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 17,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1978 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 11,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1987 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 8,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 11,900 ha | +48.8% |
| 1992 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16,200 ha | +36.1% |
| 1998 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17,661 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 17,629 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 17,674 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 17,728 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 17,686 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 18,338 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 19,052 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 19,161 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 19,323 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 19,407 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 19,512 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,667 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,950 ha | 11,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,300 ha | 8,500 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,800 ha | 8,000 ha | 16,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,600 ha | 16,200 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,472 ha | 17,000 ha | 18,338 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,291 ha | 19,052 ha | 19,512 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Liberia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Liberia was 19,512 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,512 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Liberia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 29th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.