Palm kernels — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Palm kernels — Production was 228,092 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm kernels — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 228,092 t for palm kernels — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Middle Africa peaked at 228,092 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 124,890 t, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm kernels — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 194,294 t | — |
| 1962 | 188,235 t | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 193,704 t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 185,287 t | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 159,958 t | -13.7% |
| 1966 | 147,107 t | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 180,653 t | +22.8% |
| 1968 | 178,478 t | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 180,508 t | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 158,462 t | -12.2% |
| 1971 | 148,062 t | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 143,114 t | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 138,582 t | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 136,052 t | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 140,539 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 128,137 t | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 128,393 t | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 124,890 t | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 128,040 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 134,250 t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 132,900 t | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 130,500 t | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 130,850 t | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 148,100 t | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 143,450 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 139,610 t | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 143,130 t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 149,545 t | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 152,371 t | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 153,196 t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 154,486 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 156,247 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 157,772 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 159,742 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 159,172 t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 165,915 t | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 151,800 t | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 155,508 t | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 159,144 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 153,738 t | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 145,706 t | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 138,275 t | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 143,948 t | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 146,561 t | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 147,177 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 167,821 t | +14.0% |
| 2007 | 166,696 t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 166,462 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 171,196 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 175,546 t | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 148,310 t | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 159,103 t | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 171,100 t | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 147,326 t | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 154,406 t | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 159,320 t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 163,091 t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 164,367 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 189,102 t | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 200,749 t | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 211,779 t | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 223,153 t | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 228,092 t | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,692 t | 147,107 t | 194,294 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 137,427 t | 124,890 t | 158,462 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,471 t | 130,500 t | 152,371 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 157,298 t | 151,800 t | 165,915 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 154,758 t | 138,275 t | 171,196 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 163,167 t | 147,326 t | 189,102 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 215,943 t | 200,749 t | 228,092 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Indonesia 11.29 million t compare
- 2 Malaysia 4.52 million t compare
- 3 Thailand 726,000 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 375,000 t compare
- 5 Colombia 312,806 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 202,000 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75,000 t compare
- 6 Guatemala 238,337 t compare
- 7 Brazil 195,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,308 t compare
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in Middle Africa?
- Palm kernels — production in Middle Africa was 228,092 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 228,092 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 124,890 t in 1978.
- How does Middle Africa rank for palm kernels — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 9 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.