Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 1.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 1.01 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 57.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.01 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 950 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 4th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +89.5% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,100 ha | +183.3% |
| 1976 | 3,440 ha | -32.5% |
| 1977 | 3,760 ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 5,616 ha | +49.4% |
| 1979 | 7,616 ha | +35.6% |
| 1980 | 11,136 ha | +46.2% |
| 1981 | 15,104 ha | +35.6% |
| 1982 | 24,752 ha | +63.9% |
| 1983 | 36,272 ha | +46.5% |
| 1984 | 45,280 ha | +24.8% |
| 1985 | 53,255 ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 59,981 ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 69,158 ha | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 82,774 ha | +19.7% |
| 1989 | 90,880 ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 96,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 103,108 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 105,908 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 133,452 ha | +26.0% |
| 1994 | 139,160 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 153,422 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 166,915 ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 177,492 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 205,489 ha | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 215,220 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 230,053 ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 242,852 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 263,018 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 287,903 ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 309,165 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 324,193 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 379,872 ha | +17.2% |
| 2007 | 426,120 ha | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 461,555 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 510,003 ha | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 541,569 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 570,474 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 592,081 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 603,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 643,811 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 648,198 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 632,072 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 797,128 ha | +26.1% |
| 2018 | 856,422 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 906,080 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 939,324 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 965,447 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 981,561 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 993,677 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 million ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 950 ha | 950 ha | 950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,198 ha | 950 ha | 7,616 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,859 ha | 11,136 ha | 90,880 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 149,617 ha | 96,000 ha | 215,220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 343,473 ha | 230,053 ha | 510,003 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 679,154 ha | 541,569 ha | 906,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 978,990 ha | 939,324 ha | 1.01 million ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Thailand?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Thailand was 1.01 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 950 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 4th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.