Palm oil — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Palm oil — Production was 869,216 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm oil — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 869,216 t for palm oil — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Middle Africa peaked at 878,770 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 269,764 t, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm oil — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 315,582 t | — |
| 1962 | 322,006 t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 327,091 t | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 319,831 t | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 274,866 t | -14.1% |
| 1966 | 269,764 t | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 322,769 t | +19.6% |
| 1968 | 368,367 t | +14.1% |
| 1969 | 372,937 t | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 358,952 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 346,979 t | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 337,454 t | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 330,553 t | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 323,539 t | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 328,842 t | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 300,900 t | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 293,932 t | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 313,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 311,500 t | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 320,200 t | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 301,194 t | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 292,985 t | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 279,174 t | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 299,933 t | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 328,636 t | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 328,732 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 335,946 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 352,913 t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 399,924 t | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 412,207 t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 384,896 t | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 374,792 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 380,899 t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 371,272 t | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 396,084 t | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 426,518 t | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 384,476 t | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 388,675 t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 380,531 t | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 384,883 t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 386,967 t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 407,850 t | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 417,359 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 432,642 t | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 462,416 t | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 476,702 t | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 494,835 t | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 495,852 t | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 516,550 t | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 635,750 t | +23.1% |
| 2011 | 662,006 t | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 594,670 t | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 649,790 t | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 657,987 t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 674,496 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 735,550 t | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 787,261 t | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 783,545 t | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 777,205 t | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 838,104 t | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 815,734 t | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 878,770 t | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 869,216 t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 321,468 t | 269,764 t | 372,937 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 324,565 t | 293,932 t | 358,952 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 323,964 t | 279,174 t | 399,924 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 390,035 t | 371,272 t | 426,518 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 447,606 t | 384,883 t | 516,550 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 695,826 t | 594,670 t | 787,261 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 850,456 t | 815,734 t | 878,770 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Middle Africa?
- Palm oil — production in Middle Africa was 869,216 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 878,770 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,764 t in 1966.
- How does Middle Africa rank for palm oil — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 9 regions with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.