Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa

Western Africa: Palm kernels — Production was 819,717 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
819,717 t
Change on year
up 2.6%
Rank
6th
of 18 groups
All-time high
819,717 t
in 2023
All-time low
430,313 t
in 1967
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k196119922023

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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 3 Thailand 726,000 t compare
  2. 4 Nigeria 375,000 t compare
  3. 5 Colombia 312,806 t compare
  4. 6 Guatemala 238,337 t compare
  5. 7 Melanesia 202,000 t compare
  6. 8 Brazil 195,000 t compare
  7. 9 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare

See the full ranking of 65 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa

All data for Western Africa →

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 6th out of 18 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/palm-kernels-production-2/western-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/palm-kernels-production-2/western-africa/">Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Palm kernels — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 3,918 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.