Palm kernels — Production in South America
South America: Palm kernels — Production was 688,918 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm kernels — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 688,918 t for palm kernels — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in South America peaked at 773,562 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 142,154 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm kernels — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 142,154 t | — |
| 1962 | 161,916 t | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 168,488 t | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 183,902 t | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 205,357 t | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 208,397 t | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 214,116 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 221,529 t | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 223,648 t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 262,299 t | +17.3% |
| 1971 | 256,019 t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 260,800 t | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 253,878 t | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 265,797 t | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 255,046 t | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 271,919 t | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 286,833 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 281,075 t | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 307,797 t | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 309,230 t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 298,353 t | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 291,894 t | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 270,008 t | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 279,827 t | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 302,751 t | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 279,331 t | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 283,470 t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 300,392 t | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 304,706 t | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 300,696 t | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 297,900 t | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 286,580 t | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 251,311 t | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 244,361 t | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 233,250 t | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 268,357 t | +15.1% |
| 1997 | 283,371 t | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 292,054 t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 288,563 t | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 302,759 t | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 310,927 t | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 308,960 t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 314,323 t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 357,271 t | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 374,354 t | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 426,233 t | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 447,284 t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 479,019 t | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 505,803 t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 504,419 t | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 562,322 t | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 593,982 t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 648,659 t | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 618,407 t | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 591,477 t | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 582,760 t | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 707,472 t | +21.4% |
| 2018 | 773,562 t | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 696,010 t | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 641,897 t | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 646,036 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 679,067 t | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 688,918 t | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,167 t | 142,154 t | 223,648 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 270,146 t | 253,878 t | 307,797 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 291,996 t | 270,008 t | 309,230 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 274,644 t | 233,250 t | 300,696 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 382,693 t | 302,759 t | 505,803 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 627,907 t | 504,419 t | 773,562 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 663,980 t | 641,897 t | 688,918 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 8 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,141 t compare
- 9 Honduras 165,000 t compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 10 Ghana 152,000 t compare
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- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in South America?
- Palm kernels — production in South America was 688,918 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 773,562 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 142,154 t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for palm kernels — production?
- South America ranks 7th out of 15 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.