Palm kernels — Production in China
China: Palm kernels — Production was 33,097 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm kernels — Production in China, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm kernels — production in China is 33,097 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in China peaked at 60,000 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1961.
That places China 19th out of 41 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm kernels — Production in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 22,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 25,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 28,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 32,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 37,000 t | +15.6% |
| 1973 | 38,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 39,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 39,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 41,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 40,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 43,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 40,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 41,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 45,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 47,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 46,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 60,000 t | +30.4% |
| 1986 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 56,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 53,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 51,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 45,000 t | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 47,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 48,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 50,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 55,388 t | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 57,479 t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 50,500 t | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 51,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 52,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 52,500 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 53,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 54,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 54,800 t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 55,500 t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 56,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 60,000 t | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 54,000 t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 55,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 58,000 t | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 59,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 55,000 t | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 54,000 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 55,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33,459 t | -39.2% |
| 2015 | 53,800 t | +60.8% |
| 2016 | 53,700 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 53,760 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 53,820 t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 33,123 t | -38.5% |
| 2020 | 32,954 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 33,172 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 33,090 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 33,097 t | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 33,097 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72,500 t, 46% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- China's 33,097 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 108,500 t, 31% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm kernels — Production in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +60.8% | 33,459 t | 53,800 t |
| 1966 | +50.0% | 10,000 t | 15,000 t |
| 2014 | -39.2% | 55,000 t | 33,459 t |
| 2019 | -38.5% | 53,820 t | 33,123 t |
| 1985 | +30.4% | 46,000 t | 60,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,444 t | 10,000 t | 25,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,900 t | 28,000 t | 43,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,900 t | 40,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,887 t | 45,000 t | 57,479 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,930 t | 53,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,066 t | 33,123 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,078 t | 32,954 t | 33,172 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 16 Guinea 53,000 t compare
- 17 Sierra Leone 42,482 t compare
- 18 Philippines 38,000 t compare
- 19 China, mainland 33,097 t compare
- 21 Benin 30,000 t compare
- 22 Angola 27,655 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in China?
- Palm kernels — production in China was 33,097 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 60,000 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for palm kernels — production?
- China ranks 19th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.