Palm oil — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Palm oil — Production was 637,353 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 637,353 t for palm oil — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and up 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Brazil peaked at 637,353 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,993 t, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 9th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm oil — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,993 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,126 t | +28.4% |
| 1963 | 5,340 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 6,429 t | +20.4% |
| 1965 | 8,491 t | +32.1% |
| 1966 | 10,980 t | +29.3% |
| 1967 | 9,795 t | -10.8% |
| 1968 | 10,191 t | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 11,619 t | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 4,678 t | -59.7% |
| 1971 | 5,200 t | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 5,500 t | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 6,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 6,500 t | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 7,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 9,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1977 | 12,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 15,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 16,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 12,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 14,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 16,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 18,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 23,000 t | +27.8% |
| 1985 | 29,000 t | +26.1% |
| 1986 | 31,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 39,000 t | +25.8% |
| 1988 | 46,000 t | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 53,700 t | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 65,600 t | +22.2% |
| 1991 | 69,900 t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 60,000 t | -14.2% |
| 1993 | 53,800 t | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 70,800 t | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 75,500 t | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 79,500 t | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 80,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 88,600 t | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 92,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 108,000 t | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 110,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 118,000 t | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 129,000 t | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 142,000 t | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 160,000 t | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 170,000 t | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 190,000 t | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 210,000 t | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 240,000 t | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 250,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 270,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 310,000 t | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 340,000 t | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 365,000 t | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 400,000 t | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 415,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 313,376 t | -24.5% |
| 2018 | 362,732 t | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 400,560 t | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 576,763 t | +44.0% |
| 2021 | 579,159 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 580,927 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 637,353 t | +9.7% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 637,353 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 223,400 t, 2.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 637,353 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 290,232 t, 2.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm oil — Production in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -59.7% | 11,619 t | 4,678 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,996 t | 3,993 t | 11,619 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,688 t | 4,678 t | 16,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,170 t | 12,000 t | 53,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,610 t | 53,800 t | 92,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 157,700 t | 108,000 t | 240,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 342,667 t | 250,000 t | 415,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 593,550 t | 576,763 t | 637,353 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 300,000 t compare
- 6 Guatemala 933,926 t compare
- 7 Papua New Guinea 770,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 103,346 t compare
- 8 Honduras 655,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,616 t compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 0 t
- 10 Ecuador 494,674 t compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 562,465 t compare
- 11 Mexico 386,700 t compare
- 12 Cameroon 320,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Brazil?
- Palm oil — production in Brazil was 637,353 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 637,353 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,993 t in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for palm oil — production?
- Brazil ranks 9th out of 44 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.