Palm kernels — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Palm kernels — Production was 16,953 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm kernels — production in Eastern Africa stood at 16,953 t.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 19,733 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,460 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,913 t | 1,460 t | 2,708 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,175 t | 2,240 t | 7,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,708 t | 7,100 t | 8,320 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,736 t | 9,120 t | 10,671 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,344 t | 8,760 t | 19,733 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,833 t | 16,814 t | 19,450 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,906 t | 16,844 t | 16,975 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 14 Cameroon 92,000 t compare
- 14 Costa Rica 92,000 t compare
- 16 Ecuador 82,000 t compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75,000 t compare
- 18 Peru 63,000 t compare
- 19 Guinea 53,000 t compare
- 20 Sierra Leone 42,482 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in Eastern Africa?
- Palm kernels — production in Eastern Africa was 16,953 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19,733 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,460 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for palm kernels — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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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.