Palm oil — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Palm oil — Production was 300,000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm oil — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 300,000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 300,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 145,000 t, in 1983.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm oil — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 224,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 229,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 223,500 t | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 209,300 t | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 162,400 t | -22.4% |
| 1966 | 167,600 t | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 203,200 t | +21.2% |
| 1968 | 242,200 t | +19.2% |
| 1969 | 245,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 231,700 t | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 220,600 t | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 208,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 194,400 t | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 184,400 t | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 181,400 t | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 175,400 t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 173,300 t | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 170,900 t | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 170,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 168,300 t | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 165,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 155,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 145,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 153,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 160,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 155,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 165,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 178,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 178,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 179,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 180,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 181,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 182,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 170,520 t | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 195,630 t | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 186,120 t | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 167,810 t | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 168,830 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 168,050 t | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 167,640 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 167,230 t | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 170,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 175,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 175,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 175,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 175,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 182,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 182,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 185,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 186,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 190,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 236,000 t | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 282,000 t | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 288,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 291,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 288,000 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 291,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 293,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 294,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 300,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 211,800 t | 162,400 t | 245,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 191,010 t | 170,000 t | 231,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,230 t | 145,000 t | 178,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 177,896 t | 167,810 t | 195,630 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,387 t | 167,230 t | 185,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 263,900 t | 186,000 t | 294,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 300,000 t | 300,000 t | 300,000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Palm oil — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 300,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 300,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 145,000 t in 1983.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for palm oil — production?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 9 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.