Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Palm kernels — Production was 819,717 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm kernels — production in Western Africa stood at 819,717 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Western Africa peaked at 819,717 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 430,313 t, in 1967.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 651,335 t | — |
| 1962 | 570,948 t | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 619,214 t | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 618,541 t | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 671,275 t | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 640,866 t | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 430,313 t | -32.9% |
| 1968 | 462,887 t | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 514,634 t | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 565,920 t | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 587,803 t | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 500,287 t | -14.9% |
| 1973 | 447,144 t | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 545,153 t | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 535,827 t | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 520,188 t | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 485,211 t | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 448,055 t | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 459,004 t | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 492,049 t | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 493,746 t | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 506,283 t | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 472,965 t | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 529,459 t | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 543,999 t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 534,691 t | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 505,526 t | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 549,274 t | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 542,698 t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 547,500 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 562,005 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 585,642 t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 697,588 t | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 713,178 t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 754,940 t | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 757,849 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 763,628 t | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 766,142 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 784,471 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 798,012 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 784,989 t | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 764,711 t | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 752,577 t | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 743,618 t | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 746,911 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 749,118 t | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 748,000 t | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 505,838 t | -32.4% |
| 2009 | 526,464 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 615,576 t | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 602,965 t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 616,965 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 617,865 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 641,551 t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 712,687 t | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 708,886 t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 697,185 t | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 730,385 t | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 756,462 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 729,465 t | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 778,777 t | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 798,599 t | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 819,717 t | +2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | -32.9% | 640,866 t | 430,313 t |
| 2008 | -32.4% | 748,000 t | 505,838 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 575,557 t | 430,313 t | 671,275 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 509,459 t | 447,144 t | 587,803 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 517,069 t | 472,965 t | 549,274 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 693,294 t | 547,500 t | 784,471 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 712,024 t | 505,838 t | 798,012 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 670,053 t | 602,965 t | 756,462 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 781,640 t | 729,465 t | 819,717 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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
- 8 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,141 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in Western Africa?
- Palm kernels — production in Western Africa was 819,717 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 819,717 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 430,313 t in 1967.
- How does Western Africa rank for palm kernels — production?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.