Oil palm fruit — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 18,333 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Thailand stood at 18,333 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Thailand peaked at 20,597 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,790 kg/ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 2nd of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,790 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,824 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 10,843 kg/ha | +86.2% |
| 1977 | 12,207 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 10,381 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 10,281 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 9,644 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 10,116 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 10,262 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 8,362 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 8,695 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 11,446 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1986 | 11,582 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 10,531 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 10,693 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 12,083 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 12,414 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 12,747 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 12,440 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 13,704 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 13,815 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 14,692 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 15,645 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 14,522 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 12,277 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 15,858 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 14,531 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 16,869 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 15,213 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 17,029 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 16,761 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 15,431 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 17,677 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 14,996 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2008 | 20,085 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2009 | 16,005 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2010 | 15,192 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 18,862 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 19,106 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 20,597 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 19,373 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 17,061 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2016 | 18,068 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 18,130 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 18,139 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18,109 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 17,270 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 17,510 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 18,937 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 18,390 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 18,333 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 18,333 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 18,333 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,814 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +86.2% | 5,824 kg/ha | 10,843 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,790 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,857 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 12,207 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,341 kg/ha | 8,362 kg/ha | 12,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,811 kg/ha | 12,277 kg/ha | 15,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,460 kg/ha | 14,531 kg/ha | 20,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,264 kg/ha | 15,192 kg/ha | 20,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,088 kg/ha | 17,270 kg/ha | 18,937 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — yield in Thailand?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Thailand was 18,333 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 20,597 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,790 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Thailand ranks 2nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.