Oil yields by crop type by country
Average amount of coconut oil produced per hectare of coconut crops harvested. Note that this calculates the oil yield per hectare, which is different from the yield of the total crop, because not all of the crop can be used for oil.
Countries reporting
59
Highest
3.01 tonnes per hectare
Tonga
Lowest
0 tonnes per hectare
Cook Islands
Median
0.1948 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
3,092
What the numbers show
Oil yields by crop type is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 3.01 tonnes per hectare in Tonga; the lowest is 0 tonnes per hectare in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1948 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 0.3503 tonnes per hectare.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 754.9%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 100.0%).
Oil yields by crop type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 269.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2009 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Fiji | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7757 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 0.7696 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 0.66 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 0.6126 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 0.6007 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 11 | Jamaica | 0.6004 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Venezuela | 0.5864 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 13 | El Salvador | 0.4798 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Togo | 0.4656 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4396 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 16 | Honduras | 0.3886 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3683 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0.3485 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 19 | Philippines | 0.3309 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 0.3188 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2614 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 22 | Nauru | 0.254 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | — | rising |
| 23 | India | 0.2411 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Micronesia (country) | 0.2393 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0.2299 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 26 | Thailand | 0.2242 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.222 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 0.2202 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 29 | Grenada | 0.2121 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0.1948 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kiribati | 0.1896 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 32 | French Polynesia | 0.1767 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 33 | Tanzania | 0.1627 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 0.1559 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.1444 tonnes per hectare | 2019 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 0.1122 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 0.096 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 0.0905 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Dominica | 0.0863 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0852 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Ghana | 0.0779 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 42 | Benin | 0.0725 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.0664 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 754.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Maldives | 0.0573 tonnes per hectare | 2021 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 0.0522 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 0.0341 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 47 | New Caledonia | 0.0211 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 48 | Panama | 0.0206 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 325.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Guyana | 0.0188 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 0.015 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 51 | Seychelles | 0.0131 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Samoa | 0.0105 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 0.008 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 54 | East Timor | 0.0075 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 55 | Cuba | 0.0012 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.0012 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 0 tonnes per hectare | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Comoros | 0 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Cook Islands | 0 tonnes per hectare | 2018 | — | volatile |
About this data
Average amount of coconut oil produced per hectare of coconut crops harvested. Note that this calculates the oil yield per hectare, which is different from the yield of the total crop, because not all of the crop can be used for oil.