Palm oil — Production in Indonesia
Indonesia: Palm oil — Production was 47.08 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in Indonesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — production in Indonesia is 47.08 million t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 69.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Indonesia peaked at 49.71 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 141,500 t, in 1962.
That places Indonesia 1st out of 50 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,171 t | 141,500 t | 188,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 380,199 t | 216,827 t | 641,240 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.23 million t | 721,172 t | 1.96 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.24 million t | 2.41 million t | 6.01 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.00 million t | 7.00 million t | 19.32 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.66 million t | 21.96 million t | 47.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.09 million t | 44.76 million t | 49.71 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture share gdp 13.1 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.1 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 116.02 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 189.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 9.26 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Indonesia?
- Palm oil — production in Indonesia was 47.08 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 49.71 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,500 t in 1962.
- How does Indonesia rank for palm oil — production?
- Indonesia ranks 1st out of 50 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.