Palm oil — Production in Nigeria
Nigeria: Palm oil — Production was 1.46 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm oil — Production in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm oil — production in Nigeria stood at 1.46 million t.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Nigeria peaked at 1.56 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 430,000 t, in 1973.
Nigeria ranks 5th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Palm oil — Production in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 669,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 640,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 657,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 676,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 687,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 713,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 601,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1968 | 599,000 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 621,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 488,000 t | -21.4% |
| 1971 | 500,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 460,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 430,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 485,000 t | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 500,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 525,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 528,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 530,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 650,000 t | +22.6% |
| 1980 | 650,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 530,000 t | -18.5% |
| 1982 | 500,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 500,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 615,000 t | +23.0% |
| 1986 | 650,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 715,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 700,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 700,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 730,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 760,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 792,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 825,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 837,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 860,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 776,000 t | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 810,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 845,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 896,000 t | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 899,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 903,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 961,000 t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million t | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million t | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million t | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 1.29 million t | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 1.31 million t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.33 million t | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.23 million t | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 970,820 t | -21.3% |
| 2011 | 930,000 t | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 940,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 880,000 t | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 1.35 million t | +53.4% |
| 2015 | 1.43 million t | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 960,000 t | -33.0% |
| 2017 | 1.53 million t | +59.3% |
| 2018 | 1.56 million t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.22 million t | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 1.28 million t | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 1.35 million t | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 1.42 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 1.46 million t | +2.8% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1.46 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100,000 t, 14.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1.46 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,616 t, 52.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm oil — Production in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +59.3% | 960,000 t | 1.53 million t |
| 2014 | +53.4% | 880,000 t | 1.35 million t |
| 2016 | -33.0% | 1.43 million t | 960,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 651,444 t | 599,000 t | 713,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 509,600 t | 430,000 t | 650,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 606,000 t | 500,000 t | 715,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 813,100 t | 730,000 t | 896,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million t | 899,000 t | 1.33 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million t | 880,000 t | 1.56 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.38 million t | 1.28 million t | 1.46 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 2 Malaysia 18.55 million t compare
- 3 Thailand 3.32 million t compare
- 4 Colombia 1.84 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
- 8 Honduras 655,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,616 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Nigeria?
- Palm oil — production in Nigeria was 1.46 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 430,000 t in 1973.
- How does Nigeria rank for palm oil — production?
- Nigeria ranks 5th out of 44 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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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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.