Palm oil — Production in Asia
Asia: Palm oil — Production was 69.31 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm oil — production in Asia stood at 69.31 million t.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Asia peaked at 71.11 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 281,426 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm oil — Production in Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281,426 t | — |
| 1962 | 290,551 t | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 314,871 t | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 327,793 t | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 347,991 t | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 425,237 t | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 466,607 t | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 553,578 t | +18.6% |
| 1969 | 642,596 t | +16.1% |
| 1970 | 762,696 t | +18.7% |
| 1971 | 961,696 t | +26.1% |
| 1972 | 1.14 million t | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 1.26 million t | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 1.56 million t | +23.4% |
| 1975 | 1.83 million t | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 2.00 million t | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 2.25 million t | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 2.47 million t | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 3.03 million t | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 3.49 million t | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 3.83 million t | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 4.66 million t | +21.6% |
| 1983 | 4.26 million t | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 5.16 million t | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 5.74 million t | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 6.28 million t | +9.3% |
| 1987 | 6.43 million t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 7.16 million t | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 8.47 million t | +18.3% |
| 1990 | 8.96 million t | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 9.27 million t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 10.16 million t | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 11.34 million t | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 11.79 million t | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 12.93 million t | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 13.94 million t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 15.16 million t | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 14.95 million t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 17.39 million t | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 18.69 million t | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 21.25 million t | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 22.45 million t | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 24.94 million t | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 25.91 million t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 27.92 million t | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 34.68 million t | +24.2% |
| 2007 | 34.84 million t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 37.12 million t | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 38.60 million t | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 40.50 million t | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 43.91 million t | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 46.85 million t | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 49.24 million t | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 51.20 million t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 53.37 million t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 51.10 million t | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 60.79 million t | +18.9% |
| 2018 | 63.17 million t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 70.34 million t | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 66.91 million t | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 71.11 million t | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 68.86 million t | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 69.31 million t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 405,628 t | 281,426 t | 642,596 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.73 million t | 762,696 t | 3.03 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.55 million t | 3.49 million t | 8.47 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.59 million t | 8.96 million t | 17.39 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.64 million t | 18.69 million t | 38.60 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.05 million t | 40.50 million t | 70.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.04 million t | 66.91 million t | 71.11 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Asia?
- Palm oil — production in Asia was 69.31 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 71.11 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 281,426 t in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for palm oil — production?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 9 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Palm oil — 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.