Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 28,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands is 28,000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 64.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 28,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55 ha, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 25th 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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 110 ha | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 140 ha | +27.3% |
| 1972 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 270 ha | +92.9% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | +159.3% |
| 1976 | 1,019 ha | +45.6% |
| 1977 | 2,464 ha | +141.8% |
| 1978 | 2,994 ha | +21.5% |
| 1979 | 3,286 ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 3,335 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 3,335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,332 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 3,332 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,530 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 3,796 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 3,918 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 4,590 ha | +17.2% |
| 1988 | 4,309 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 3,986 ha | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 5,519 ha | +38.5% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1992 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 2022 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.11 ha | 55 ha | 110 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,126 ha | 110 ha | 3,286 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,746 ha | 3,332 ha | 4,590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,652 ha | 5,519 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,700 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,500 ha | 13,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,600 ha | 22,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.73 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.73 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 28,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 25th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.