Palm oil — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Palm oil — Production was 136.1 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in Suriname, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 136.1 t for palm oil — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Suriname peaked at 7,958 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Suriname 42nd out of 44 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,177 t | 0 t | 4,874 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,107 t | 2,227 t | 7,958 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 956 t | 17 t | 1,988 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 253 t | 220 t | 333 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 218.81 t | 131.64 t | 250 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.56 t | 123.71 t | 136.63 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 39 Madagascar 4,076 t compare
- 40 Paraguay 3,810 t compare
- 41 Central African Republic 629.6 t compare
- 43 Greece 0 t compare
- 43 Ukraine 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in Suriname?
- Palm oil — production in Suriname was 136.1 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 7,958 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Suriname rank for palm oil — production?
- Suriname ranks 42nd out of 44 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.