Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in South America
South America: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 1.05 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in South America, 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 South America is 1.05 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.05 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38,700 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 41,500 ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 41,750 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 46,950 ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 56,500 ha | +20.3% |
| 1966 | 57,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 65,700 ha | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 80,900 ha | +23.1% |
| 1969 | 63,400 ha | -21.6% |
| 1970 | 57,081 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 76,856 ha | +34.6% |
| 1972 | 71,346 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 61,121 ha | -14.3% |
| 1974 | 56,241 ha | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 50,643 ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 56,527 ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 61,454 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 67,986 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 71,037 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 83,088 ha | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 80,948 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 101,598 ha | +25.5% |
| 1983 | 95,592 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 112,488 ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 123,794 ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 145,450 ha | +17.5% |
| 1987 | 152,642 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 168,525 ha | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 189,111 ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 210,906 ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 253,463 ha | +20.2% |
| 1992 | 292,885 ha | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 288,512 ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 305,411 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 310,367 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 328,452 ha | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 344,873 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 345,038 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 342,163 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 378,590 ha | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 397,948 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 373,313 ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 379,429 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 415,787 ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 448,368 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 454,695 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 467,204 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 478,355 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 529,280 ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 571,584 ha | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 629,170 ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 635,311 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 679,941 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 776,286 ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 863,022 ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 822,112 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 952,975 ha | +15.9% |
| 2018 | 998,126 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1.01 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.00 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 986,200 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 980,731 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.00 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.05 million ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,750 ha | 38,700 ha | 80,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,029 ha | 50,643 ha | 76,856 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 125,324 ha | 80,948 ha | 189,111 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 302,207 ha | 210,906 ha | 345,038 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 432,297 ha | 373,313 ha | 529,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 794,244 ha | 571,584 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million ha | 980,731 ha | 1.05 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in South America?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in South America was 1.05 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,700 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- South America ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.