Oil palm fruit — Yield in Africa
Africa: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 4,028 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 4,028 kg/ha for oil palm fruit — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Africa peaked at 4,178 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,300 kg/ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,343 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,405 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,397 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 3,367 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 3,313 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,300 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 3,556 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 3,608 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 3,571 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 3,604 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 3,615 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 3,711 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 3,696 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 3,737 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 3,781 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 3,738 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 3,617 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 3,775 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 3,597 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 3,664 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 3,689 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 3,711 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 3,698 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 3,613 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 3,648 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,748 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 3,705 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 3,696 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 3,811 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 3,849 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 3,736 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 3,702 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 3,706 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,682 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 3,657 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 3,699 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 3,576 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 3,660 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 3,685 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 3,634 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 3,596 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 3,628 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 3,628 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,688 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 3,668 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,884 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 3,841 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 3,815 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 3,917 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 3,860 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 3,852 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 3,894 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 4,178 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 4,143 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 4,082 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 4,087 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 4,041 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 4,006 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,027 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,064 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,069 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,027 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 4,011 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,028 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,429 kg/ha | 3,300 kg/ha | 3,608 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,687 kg/ha | 3,597 kg/ha | 3,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,698 kg/ha | 3,613 kg/ha | 3,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,695 kg/ha | 3,576 kg/ha | 3,849 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,730 kg/ha | 3,596 kg/ha | 3,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,017 kg/ha | 3,852 kg/ha | 4,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,040 kg/ha | 4,011 kg/ha | 4,069 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 11 Brazil 14,525 kg/ha compare
- 12 Mexico 14,260 kg/ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 6,396 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 14 China 13,167 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 13,167 kg/ha compare
- 16 Cameroon 13,159 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sao Tome and Principe 12,863 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — yield in Africa?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Africa was 4,028 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,178 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,300 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Africa rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — Yield. 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.