Indonesia vs Thailand: Oil palm fruit yields
Indonesia
16.97 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Thailand
18.33 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Indonesia rank
5th
Thailand rank
2nd
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Indonesia
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 18.33 tonnes per hectare against 16.97 tonnes per hectare in Indonesia, a difference of 1.36 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.
Indonesia ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 2nd of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 5 and Thailand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.95 tonnes per hectare | 5.79 tonnes per hectare | 6.16 tonnes per hectare | Indonesia |
| 1970s | 16.19 tonnes per hectare | 7.86 tonnes per hectare | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | Indonesia |
| 1980s | 18.83 tonnes per hectare | 10.34 tonnes per hectare | 8.49 tonnes per hectare | Indonesia |
| 1990s | 17.19 tonnes per hectare | 13.81 tonnes per hectare | 3.38 tonnes per hectare | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 17.96 tonnes per hectare | 16.46 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 18.05 tonnes per hectare | 18.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.2088 tonnes per hectare | Thailand |
| 2020s | 17.31 tonnes per hectare | 18.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.7787 tonnes per hectare | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Indonesia or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 18.33 tonnes per hectare against 16.97 tonnes per hectare in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Indonesia and Thailand?
- 1.36 tonnes per hectare, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Indonesia and Thailand rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Indonesia ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 2nd 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.