Palm oil — Production in World
World: Palm oil — Production was 79.57 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 79.57 million t for palm oil — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in World peaked at 80.71 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.48 million t, in 1962.
That places World 1st out of 22 groups 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 | 1.64 million t | 1.48 million t | 1.94 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.00 million t | 1.94 million t | 4.53 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.37 million t | 5.08 million t | 10.79 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.52 million t | 11.45 million t | 20.74 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.96 million t | 22.23 million t | 43.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.19 million t | 45.71 million t | 79.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.87 million t | 76.18 million t | 80.71 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — production in World?
- Palm oil — production in World was 79.57 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 80.71 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.48 million t in 1962.
- How does World rank for palm oil — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 22 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.