Palm kernels — Production in Americas

Americas: Palm kernels — Production was 1.35 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
1.35 million t
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
3rd
of 15 groups
All-time high
1.35 million t
in 2023
All-time low
169,708 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Palm kernels — Production in Americas, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Americas recorded 1.35 million t for palm kernels — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Americas peaked at 1.35 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 169,708 t, in 1961.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Palm kernels — Production in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Palm kernels — Production in Americas, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 169,708 t —
1962 194,024 t +14.3%
1963 195,371 t +0.7%
1964 212,982 t +9.0%
1965 234,880 t +10.3%
1966 238,498 t +1.5%
1967 241,690 t +1.3%
1968 252,091 t +4.3%
1969 247,859 t -1.7%
1970 282,231 t +13.9%
1971 276,668 t -2.0%
1972 277,757 t +0.4%
1973 274,856 t -1.0%
1974 287,229 t +4.5%
1975 273,322 t -4.8%
1976 294,766 t +7.8%
1977 308,934 t +4.8%
1978 299,616 t -3.0%
1979 325,975 t +8.8%
1980 328,320 t +0.7%
1981 316,713 t -3.5%
1982 311,904 t -1.5%
1983 291,453 t -6.6%
1984 307,811 t +5.6%
1985 330,046 t +7.2%
1986 309,824 t -6.1%
1987 315,762 t +1.9%
1988 335,260 t +6.2%
1989 337,521 t +0.7%
1990 340,926 t +1.0%
1991 330,435 t -3.1%
1992 331,780 t +0.4%
1993 301,561 t -9.1%
1994 301,411 t -0.0%
1995 293,050 t -2.8%
1996 335,357 t +14.4%
1997 354,061 t +5.6%
1998 366,429 t +3.5%
1999 367,206 t +0.2%
2000 388,724 t +5.9%
2001 412,190 t +6.0%
2002 415,388 t +0.8%
2003 425,198 t +2.4%
2004 478,861 t +12.6%
2005 524,214 t +9.5%
2006 607,448 t +15.9%
2007 626,384 t +3.1%
2008 660,307 t +5.4%
2009 690,853 t +4.6%
2010 712,531 t +3.1%
2011 800,762 t +12.4%
2012 856,902 t +7.0%
2013 953,317 t +11.3%
2014 930,002 t -2.4%
2015 969,562 t +4.3%
2016 1.00 million t +3.6%
2017 1.19 million t +18.4%
2018 1.29 million t +8.4%
2019 1.22 million t -5.4%
2020 1.23 million t +1.0%
2021 1.22 million t -0.6%
2022 1.33 million t +8.6%
2023 1.35 million t +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 220,789 t 169,708 t 252,091 t 9
1970s 290,135 t 273,322 t 325,975 t 10
1980s 318,461 t 291,453 t 337,521 t 10
1990s 332,222 t 293,050 t 367,206 t 10
2000s 522,957 t 388,724 t 690,853 t 10
2010s 992,658 t 712,531 t 1.29 million t 10
2020s 1.28 million t 1.22 million t 1.35 million t 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Indonesia 11.29 million t compare
  2. 2 Malaysia 4.52 million t compare
  3. 3 Thailand 726,000 t compare
  4. 4 Nigeria 375,000 t compare
  5. 5 Colombia 312,806 t compare
  6. 5 Melanesia 202,000 t compare
  7. 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75,000 t compare
  8. 6 Guatemala 238,337 t compare

See the full ranking of 65 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is palm kernels — production in Americas?
Palm kernels — production in Americas was 1.35 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 1.35 million t in 2023.
What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 169,708 t in 1961.
How does Americas rank for palm kernels — production?
Americas ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2023.
Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Palm kernels — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Palm kernels — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 3,918 data points, 1961–2023
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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.