Palm oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Palm oil — Production was 853,080 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 853,080 t.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 854,455 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 329,927 t, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 377,690 t | — |
| 1962 | 385,306 t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 383,354 t | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 376,322 t | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 329,927 t | -12.3% |
| 1966 | 342,449 t | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 380,207 t | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 430,451 t | +13.2% |
| 1969 | 450,096 t | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 434,779 t | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 411,657 t | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 380,590 t | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 372,609 t | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 376,620 t | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 401,462 t | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 396,790 t | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 382,061 t | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 387,811 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 393,460 t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 404,813 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 397,941 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 395,338 t | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 390,742 t | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 402,787 t | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 409,298 t | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 387,352 t | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 397,159 t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 411,964 t | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 410,556 t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 415,762 t | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 422,418 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 425,992 t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 435,010 t | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 424,372 t | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 448,110 t | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 448,998 t | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 437,816 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 429,747 t | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 427,094 t | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 452,030 t | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 454,206 t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 451,771 t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 455,054 t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 464,124 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 468,932 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 485,416 t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 501,625 t | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 502,313 t | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 504,751 t | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 541,988 t | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 544,196 t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 600,128 t | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 659,925 t | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 670,558 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 681,866 t | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 691,205 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 764,210 t | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 776,797 t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 802,056 t | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 803,230 t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 836,773 t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 854,455 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 853,080 t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 383,978 t | 329,927 t | 450,096 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 393,784 t | 372,609 t | 434,779 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 400,795 t | 387,352 t | 411,964 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 431,532 t | 415,762 t | 448,998 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 474,022 t | 451,771 t | 504,751 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 673,293 t | 541,988 t | 802,056 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 836,884 t | 803,230 t | 854,455 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Indonesia 47.08 million t compare
- 2 Malaysia 18.55 million t compare
- 3 Thailand 3.32 million t compare
- 4 Colombia 1.84 million t compare
- 5 Nigeria 1.46 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 801,000 t compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.9585 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.7339 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Palm oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 853,080 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 854,455 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 329,927 t in 1965.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for palm oil — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 9 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.