Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 25,770 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Panama, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Panama recorded 25,770 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 383.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Panama peaked at 27,806 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,450 ha, in 1997.
That places Panama 26th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,450 ha | — |
| 1998 | 4,900 ha | +100.0% |
| 1999 | 5,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 5,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 6,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 6,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 7,550 ha | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 6,300 ha | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 7,650 ha | +21.4% |
| 2010 | 6,050 ha | -20.9% |
| 2011 | 5,150 ha | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 5,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 5,326 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4,897 ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 4,715 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 4,058 ha | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 14,530 ha | +258.1% |
| 2019 | 24,824 ha | +70.8% |
| 2020 | 27,806 ha | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 26,455 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 24,671 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 25,169 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 25,770 ha | +2.4% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 25,770 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 26% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +258.1% | 4,058 ha | 14,530 ha |
| 1998 | +100.0% | 2,450 ha | 4,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,283 ha | 2,450 ha | 5,500 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 6,430 ha | 5,600 ha | 7,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,025 ha | 4,058 ha | 24,824 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,974 ha | 24,671 ha | 27,806 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Panama?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Panama was 25,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 27,806 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,450 ha in 1997.
- How does Panama rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 26th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 383.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Panama 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.