Oil of Palm Kernel Production by Country

Indonesia stayed the largest oil of palm kernel producer while adding 133,200 tonnes and Brazil fell to a reported zero. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Oil of palm kernel, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 46 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 8,362,818 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Indonesia produced 2.35 times as much as Malaysia: 4,968,400 tonnes against 2,116,509, while Thailand ranks third with 308,400 tonnes, 1,808,109 tonnes behind Malaysia. The top two hold 84.7 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 308,400 and 167,900 tonnes respectively.

Oil of Palm Kernel Production by Country

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#	Country	2023
1	Indonesia ID	4,968,400
2	Malaysia MY	2,116,509
3	Thailand TH	308,400
4	Nigeria NG	167,900
5	Colombia CO	118,672
6	Guatemala GT	74,487
7	Papua New Guinea PG	74,000
8	Ghana GH	63,000
9	Ivory Coast CI	59,800
10	Honduras HN	51,200
11	Mexico MX	42,000
12	Costa Rica CR	40,500
13	Cameroon CM	37,800
14	Ecuador EC	30,200
15	Peru PE	25,400
16	Sierra Leone SL	17,741
17	China CN	16,934
18	DR Congo CD	16,400
19	Togo TG	16,000
20	Philippines PH	14,500
21	Benin BJ	12,600
22	Angola AO	11,100
23	Gabon GA	10,600
24	Cambodia KH	10,100
25	Venezuela VE	9,277
26	Dominican Republic DO	9,001
27	Paraguay PY	6,674
28	Nicaragua NI	6,433
29	Guinea GN	4,876
30	Burundi BI	3,757
31	Tanzania TZ	3,545
32	Senegal SN	3,445
33	Congo CG	3,065
34	Solomon Islands SB	2053
35	Liberia LR	2000
36	Panama PA	1120
37	Equatorial Guinea GQ	1100
38	Guinea-Bissau GW	998.08
39	Madagascar MG	587.37
40	Sao Tome and Principe ST	480
41	France FR	125.85
42	Netherlands NL	27.07
43	Suriname SR	11.81
44	Brazil BR	0
45	Brunei BN	0
46	Italy IT	0

Oil of Palm Kernel Production by Country in 2023

Indonesia was the largest oil of palm kernel producer in the 2023 listed data with 4,968,400 tonnes, followed by Malaysia with 2,116,509 tonnes and Thailand with 308,400 tonnes. Nigeria ranked fourth with 167,900 tonnes.

Indonesia holds 59.4 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 88.4 percent of the 8,362,818-tonne listed total.

Indonesia Adds 133,200 Tonnes as Oil of Palm Kernel Production Grows 1.8 Percent

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (46 countries with data in both years) moved from 8,213,341 tonnes to 8,362,818 tonnes, a change of 149,477 tonnes (1.8 percent). The totals listed for each year were 8,213,341 tonnes (46 reporters) and 8,362,818 tonnes (46 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Indonesia added 133,200 tonnes (up 2.8 percent) and Malaysia 19,596 tonnes (up 0.9 percent), while Honduras fell 17,200 tonnes (down 25.1 percent).

Indonesia Adds 390,800 Tonnes as Oil of Palm Kernel Production Grows 2.8 Percent Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (42 countries with data in both years) rose from 8,131,781 tonnes to 8,359,726 tonnes, a change of 227,945 tonnes (2.8 percent). The totals listed for each year were 8,131,781 tonnes (42 reporters) and 8,362,818 tonnes (46 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while 4 new reporters joined (largest: Congo, 3,065 tonnes). Indonesia added 390,800 tonnes (up 8.5 percent), while Malaysia fell 205,675 tonnes (down 8.9 percent) and Brazil fell 62,000 tonnes to a reported zero (down 100.0 percent).

Oil of Palm Kernel Production by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Indonesia	4,577,600	4,448,900	4,653,100	4,835,200	4,968,400
2	Malaysia	2,322,184	2,203,313	2,049,435	2,096,913	2,116,509
3	Thailand	274,100	253,900	282,300	295,600	308,400
4	Nigeria	139,800	146,300	150,900	163,300	167,900
5	Colombia	116,092	109,694	118,850	122,639	118,672
6	Guatemala	85,400	78,500	85,100	88,848	74,487
7	Papua New Guinea	61,900	65,400	72,700	77,000	74,000
8	Ghana	60,300	60,300	60,800	61,600	63,000
9	Ivory Coast	54,700	51,500	59,800	58,900	59,800
10	Honduras	73,700	73,400	68,900	68,400	51,200
11	Mexico	32,800	36,500	37,400	39,500	42,000
12	Costa Rica	36,000	36,900	37,800	39,200	40,500
13	Cameroon	32,600	31,500	34,900	36,500	37,800
14	Ecuador	38,900	37,100	30,200	29,500	30,200
15	Peru	17,200	18,100	21,100	21,900	25,400
16	Sierra Leone	18,485	15,655	16,187	18,366	17,741
17	China	16,251	16,142	16,287	17,684	16,934
18	DR Congo	2093	2,169	12,400	14,100	16,400
19	Togo	14,900	15,600	16,000	16,000	16,000
20	Philippines	13,200	13,200	14,100	14,300	14,500
21	Benin	10,200	10,400	11,300	12,100	12,600
22	Angola	9,700	10,100	10,300	10,600	11,100
23	Gabon	4,100	5,000	7,700	10,600	10,600
24	Cambodia	8,600	9,000	9,500	9,800	10,100
25	Venezuela	8,413	10,445	7,540	8,446	9,277
26	Dominican Republic	7,500	8,000	8,500	9,000	9,001
27	Paraguay	6,911	6,865	6,779	6,647	6,674
28	Nicaragua	3,991	3,876	3,162	4,667	6,433
29	Guinea	4,876	4,876	4,876	4,876	4,876
30	Burundi	3,353	3,027	3,665	3,773	3,757
31	Tanzania	3,964	3,433	3,506	3,533	3,545
32	Senegal	3,404	3,404	3,404	3,404	3,445
33	Congo	-	3,061	3,141	3,060	3,065
34	Solomon Islands	1260	1260	1561	1771	2053
35	Liberia	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000
36	Panama	98	110	105	160	1120
37	Equatorial Guinea	1127	1127	1127	1124	1100
38	Guinea-Bissau	1000	1000	1000	1000	998.08
39	Madagascar	580.87	597.61	578.76	585.76	587.37
40	Sao Tome and Principe	480	480	528	652.32	480
41	France	7.15	7.58	2.33	45.13	125.85
42	Netherlands	-	-	-	35.66	27.07
43	Suriname	11.39	10.91	10.73	11.86	11.81
44	Brazil	62,000	70,000	71,700	0	0
45	Brunei	-	0	0	0	0
46	Italy	-	-	-	0	0

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Oil of palm kernel, 2019-2023. For oil of palm kernel production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 oil of palm kernel production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the oil of palm kernel production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For oil of palm kernel production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.