Palm Oil — Food in India
India: Palm Oil — Food was 1,917 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm Oil — Food in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
India recorded 1,917 1000 t for palm oil — food in 2023.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — food in India peaked at 2,081 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,446 1000 t, in 2020.
India ranks 6th of 137 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Palm Oil — Food in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,490 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,541 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,587 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,639 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,700 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,900 1000 t | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 1,887 1000 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,034 1000 t | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 1,960 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2,081 1000 t | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,446 1000 t | -30.5% |
| 2021 | 1,630 1000 t | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 1,863 1000 t | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 1,917 1000 t | +2.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,917 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37 1000 t, 51.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- India's 1,917 1000 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 41 1000 t, 46.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,782 1000 t | 1,490 1000 t | 2,081 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,714 1000 t | 1,446 1000 t | 1,917 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 3 China, mainland 2,694 1000 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 2,186 1000 t compare
- 5 Pakistan 2,150 1000 t compare
- 7 Brazil 812 1000 t compare
- 8 Philippines 650 1000 t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 601 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — food in India?
- Palm oil — food in India was 1,917 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — food recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,081 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest palm oil — food recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,446 1000 t in 2020.
- How does India rank for palm oil — food?
- India ranks 6th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — food rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Palm Oil — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.