Oil palm fruit — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 7,762 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Solomon Islands stood at 7,762 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 26,836 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 7,727 kg/ha, in 2019.
That places Solomon Islands 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,182 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 17,857 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 17,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,518 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 17,143 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 20,824 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 13,022 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1978 | 15,904 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 17,014 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 19,421 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 24,878 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1982 | 26,836 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 26,146 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 24,707 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 24,302 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 17,541 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1987 | 11,792 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1988 | 16,315 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1989 | 24,486 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1990 | 17,757 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 14,286 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 16,875 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 17,500 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 15,750 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 16,250 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 16,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,125 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 17,250 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 16,625 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 17,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,118 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 15,152 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 14,692 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 13,643 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 15,800 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 15,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 14,950 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 14,740 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 12,105 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2017 | 12,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 11,905 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 7,727 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2020 | 8,636 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 10,000 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 9,615 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 8,148 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 7,762 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 7,762 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 7,762 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,814 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Yield in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +50.1% | 16,315 kg/ha | 24,486 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +38.4% | 11,792 kg/ha | 16,315 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -37.5% | 20,824 kg/ha | 13,022 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -35.1% | 11,905 kg/ha | 7,727 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,182 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,418 kg/ha | 13,022 kg/ha | 20,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,642 kg/ha | 11,792 kg/ha | 26,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,567 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 17,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,527 kg/ha | 15,152 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,306 kg/ha | 7,727 kg/ha | 15,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,832 kg/ha | 7,762 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 33 Togo 8,520 kg/ha compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 8,439 kg/ha compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 7,790 kg/ha compare
- 37 Philippines 7,638 kg/ha compare
- 38 Ghana 7,364 kg/ha compare
- 39 Guinea 2,677 kg/ha compare
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Solomon Islands was 7,762 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 26,836 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,727 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.