Palm oil — Production in China
China: Palm oil — Production was 112,877 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm oil — Production in China, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — production in China is 112,877 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in China peaked at 248,020 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 40,000 t, in 1961.
China ranks 19th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm oil — Production in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 60,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 72,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 88,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 100,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 112,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 128,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 148,000 t | +15.6% |
| 1973 | 152,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 156,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 156,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 164,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 160,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 168,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 172,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 160,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 164,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 180,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 188,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 184,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 240,000 t | +30.4% |
| 1986 | 240,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 223,000 t | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 213,000 t | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 203,000 t | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 180,000 t | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 184,628 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 192,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 200,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 211,948 t | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 220,822 t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 202,000 t | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 205,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 207,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 210,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 213,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 217,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 220,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 223,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 225,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 248,020 t | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 217,000 t | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 221,000 t | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 225,000 t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 230,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 135,663 t | -41.0% |
| 2011 | 132,667 t | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 135,663 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 138,688 t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 114,110 t | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 112,496 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 112,290 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 112,336 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 112,382 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 112,965 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 112,390 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 113,132 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 112,853 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 112,877 t | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 112,877 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 223,400 t, 51% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- China's 112,877 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 452,600 t, 25% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm oil — Production in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +50.0% | 40,000 t | 60,000 t |
| 2010 | -41.0% | 230,000 t | 135,663 t |
| 1985 | +30.4% | 184,000 t | 240,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,778 t | 40,000 t | 100,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 151,600 t | 112,000 t | 172,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 199,500 t | 160,000 t | 240,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 201,340 t | 180,000 t | 220,822 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 223,902 t | 213,000 t | 248,020 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 121,926 t | 112,290 t | 138,688 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,813 t | 112,390 t | 113,132 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in China?
- Palm oil — production in China was 112,877 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 248,020 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for palm oil — production?
- China ranks 19th out of 44 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.