Brazil vs Tanzania: Oil palm fruit yields
Brazil
14.52 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
14.05 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
11th
Tanzania rank
13th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Brazil
- Tanzania
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 14.52 tonnes per hectare against 14.05 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania, a difference of 0.47 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 13th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Tanzania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.65 tonnes per hectare | 8.5 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1970s | 10.42 tonnes per hectare | 9.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.5376 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1980s | 10.65 tonnes per hectare | 11.04 tonnes per hectare | 0.3903 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 9.29 tonnes per hectare | 12.53 tonnes per hectare | 3.24 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 10.21 tonnes per hectare | 14.4 tonnes per hectare | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 12.39 tonnes per hectare | 14 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 14.5 tonnes per hectare | 14 tonnes per hectare | 0.4969 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Brazil or Tanzania?
- Brazil, at 14.52 tonnes per hectare against 14.05 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Brazil and Tanzania?
- 0.47 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Tanzania rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 13th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.