Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 600 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 600 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 6,187 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Suriname ranks 41st of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 50 ha | — |
| 1971 | 330 ha | +560.0% |
| 1972 | 840 ha | +154.5% |
| 1973 | 1,215 ha | +44.6% |
| 1974 | 1,435 ha | +18.1% |
| 1975 | 1,645 ha | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 1,710 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 1,880 ha | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 2,025 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 2,372 ha | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 2,614 ha | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 2,948 ha | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 4,199 ha | +42.4% |
| 1983 | 4,954 ha | +18.0% |
| 1984 | 5,747 ha | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 6,187 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 6,128 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 6,173 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 6,124 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 6,128 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 5,425 ha | -11.5% |
| 1991 | 4,835 ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 4,625 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 4,163 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 3,700 ha | -11.1% |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | -32.4% |
| 1996 | 1,870 ha | -25.2% |
| 1997 | 1,154 ha | -38.3% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | -78.3% |
| 1999 | 360 ha | +44.0% |
| 2000 | 550 ha | +52.8% |
| 2001 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 625 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 625 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 650 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 675 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 621 ha | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 600 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 601 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 600 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,350 ha | 50 ha | 2,372 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,120 ha | 2,614 ha | 6,187 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,888 ha | 250 ha | 5,425 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 567.5 ha | 550 ha | 625 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 622.2 ha | 600 ha | 675 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 600 ha | 600 ha | 600 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 38 Sao Tome and Principe 2,130 ha compare
- 39 Madagascar 1,812 ha compare
- 40 Central African Republic 647 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Suriname?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Suriname was 600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 6,187 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Suriname rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 41st out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.