Oil palm production by country

Oil palm production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
48
Highest
47.08 million tonnes
Indonesia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Ukraine
Median
92,900 tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
2,706

What the numbers show

Oil palm production is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 47.08 million tonnes in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 92,900 tonnes, and the mean is 1.66 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 2,510.2%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 45.6%).

Oil palm production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 47.08 million tonnes 2023 up 69.5% volatile
2 Malaysia 18.55 million tonnes 2023 down 3.5% volatile
3 Thailand 3.32 million tonnes 2023 up 68.7% volatile
4 Colombia 1.84 million tonnes 2023 up 77.0% volatile
5 Nigeria 1.46 million tonnes 2023 up 65.9% rising
6 Guatemala 933,926 tonnes 2023 up 127.8% volatile
7 Papua New Guinea 770,000 tonnes 2023 up 54.0% volatile
8 Honduras 655,000 tonnes 2023 up 54.1% volatile
9 Brazil 637,353 tonnes 2023 up 87.5% volatile
10 Cote d'Ivoire 562,465 tonnes 2023 up 42.1% volatile
11 Ecuador 494,674 tonnes 2023 down 0.1% volatile
12 Mexico 386,700 tonnes 2023 up 402.2% volatile
13 Cameroon 320,000 tonnes 2023 up 28.5% volatile
14 Peru 300,000 tonnes 2023 up 145.9% volatile
14 Ghana 300,000 tonnes 2023 up 150.0% volatile
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 300,000 tonnes 2023 up 6.4% rising
17 Costa Rica 280,463 tonnes 2023 down 6.5% volatile
18 Nicaragua 148,622 tonnes 2023 up 395.4% volatile
19 Gabon 146,800 tonnes 2023 up 292.5% volatile
20 Philippines 135,200 tonnes 2023 up 27.5% volatile
21 China 112,877 tonnes 2023 down 18.6% rising
22 Venezuela 103,346 tonnes 2023 up 880.0% volatile
23 Benin 100,000 tonnes 2023 up 78.6% volatile
23 Cambodia 100,000 tonnes 2023 up 216.2% rising
25 Sierra Leone 85,800 tonnes 2023 up 43.0% rising
26 Panama 74,000 tonnes 2023 up 2,510.2% volatile
27 Angola 64,000 tonnes 2023 up 39.1% rising
28 Guinea 50,000 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
29 Dominican Republic 48,000 tonnes 2023 up 4.3% rising
30 Liberia 45,000 tonnes 2023 up 7.1% rising
31 Solomon Islands 31,000 tonnes 2023 down 16.2% volatile
32 Congo 27,616 tonnes 2023 up 6.4% rising
33 Togo 21,000 tonnes 2023 up 156.1% volatile
34 Burundi 16,978 tonnes 2023 up 7.6% volatile
35 Senegal 14,000 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
36 Jamaica 6,500 tonnes 2023 down 7.1% rising
37 Guinea-Bissau 5,949 tonnes 2023 up 0.5% rising
38 Tanzania 5,616 tonnes 2023 down 35.1% rising
39 Equatorial Guinea 5,300 tonnes 2023 down 3.6% rising
40 Sao Tome and Principe 4,870 tonnes 2023 up 39.1% volatile
41 Gambia 4,162 tonnes 2023 up 40.7% rising
42 Madagascar 4,076 tonnes 2023 up 0.4% volatile
43 Paraguay 3,810 tonnes 2023 down 4.7% falling
44 Central African Republic 629.6 tonnes 2023 up 43.1% volatile
45 Suriname 136.1 tonnes 2023 down 45.6% volatile
46 Greece 0 tonnes 2018 flat
46 East Timor 0 tonnes 1992 flat
46 Ukraine 0 tonnes 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Oil palm production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
48 places, 2,706 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Oil palm production is measured in tonnes.