Palm Kernels Production by Country

Indonesia stayed the largest palm kernel producer while adding 370,000 tonnes and Malaysia lost 33,176 tonnes. The figures below aggregate FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Palm kernels, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 44 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 19,244,356 tonnes. The 2023 country list for palm kernel production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Indonesia produced 2.50 times as much as Malaysia: 11,290,000 tonnes against 4,517,973, while Thailand ranks third with 726,000 tonnes, 3,791,973 tonnes behind Malaysia. The top two hold 82.1 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 726,000 and 375,000 tonnes respectively.

Palm Kernels Production by Country

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#	Country	2023
1	Indonesia ID	11,290,000
2	Malaysia MY	4,517,973
3	Thailand TH	726,000
4	Nigeria NG	375,000
5	Colombia CO	312,806
6	Guatemala GT	238,337
7	Brazil BR	195,000
8	Papua New Guinea PG	179,000
9	Honduras HN	165,000
10	Ghana GH	152,000
11	Ivory Coast CI	136,000
12	Mexico MX	114,000
13	Cameroon CM	92,000
14	Costa Rica CR	92,000
15	Ecuador EC	82,000
16	DR Congo CD	75,000
17	Peru PE	63,000
18	Guinea GN	53,000
19	Sierra Leone SL	42,482
20	Philippines PH	38,000
21	China CN	33,097
22	Benin BJ	30,000
23	Angola AO	27,655
24	Cambodia KH	25,000
25	Nicaragua NI	24,000
26	Gabon GA	23,500
27	Solomon Islands SB	23,000
28	Venezuela VE	21,308
29	Dominican Republic DO	18,000
30	Paraguay PY	14,778
31	Burundi BI	8,502
32	Togo TG	8,211
33	Guinea-Bissau GW	7,985
34	Senegal SN	7,564
35	Panama PA	7,268
36	Tanzania TZ	7,141
37	Congo CG	6,130
38	Liberia LR	5,000
39	Gambia GM	2,476
40	Equatorial Guinea GQ	2,400
41	Madagascar MG	1311
42	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1000
43	Central African Republic CF	407.14
44	Suriname SR	26.09

Palm Kernels Production by Country in 2023

Indonesia was the largest palm kernel producer in the 2023 listed data with 11,290,000 tonnes, followed by Malaysia with 4,517,973 tonnes and Thailand with 726,000 tonnes. Nigeria ranked fourth with 375,000 tonnes.

Indonesia holds 58.7 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 85.9 percent of the 19,244,356-tonne listed total.

Indonesia Adds 370,000 Tonnes as Palm Kernels Production Grows 1.9 Percent

Between 2022 and 2023, the common reporter universe (44 countries with data in both years) rose from 18,876,649 tonnes to 19,244,356 tonnes, a change of 367,707 tonnes (1.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 18,876,649 tonnes (44 reporters) and 19,244,356 tonnes (44 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Indonesia added 370,000 tonnes (up 3.4 percent) and Brazil 15,000 tonnes (up 8.3 percent), while Malaysia fell 33,176 tonnes (down 0.7 percent) and Guatemala 19,386 tonnes (down 7.5 percent).

Indonesia Adds 860,000 Tonnes as Palm Kernels Production Grows 4.4 Percent Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (44 countries with data in both years) rose from 18,425,122 tonnes to 19,244,356 tonnes, a change of 819,234 tonnes (4.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 18,425,122 tonnes (44 reporters) and 19,244,356 tonnes (44 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while no new reporters joined. Indonesia added 860,000 tonnes (up 8.2 percent), accounting for 105.0 percent of the increase, while Malaysia fell 373,978 tonnes (down 7.6 percent), offsetting 45.6 percent of the increase. Guatemala added 63,337 tonnes (up 36.2 percent).

The listed total dipped to 17,928,350 tonnes in 2020, then rose in each of the next three years to reach 19,244,356 tonnes in 2023. Indonesia followed the same path, easing in 2020 before three straight annual gains, while Malaysia fell for two years to 4,417,719 tonnes in 2021 and has stayed below its 2019 level since.

Palm Kernels Production by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Indonesia	10,430,000	10,170,000	10,520,000	10,920,000	11,290,000
2	Malaysia	4,891,951	4,703,981	4,417,719	4,551,149	4,517,973
3	Thailand	674,000	611,000	672,000	735,000	726,000
4	Nigeria	320,000	330,000	355,000	365,000	375,000
5	Colombia	367,318	288,672	312,683	321,926	312,806
6	Guatemala	175,000	190,000	192,000	257,723	238,337
7	Brazil	142,000	160,000	164,000	180,000	195,000
8	Papua New Guinea	145,000	159,000	177,000	187,000	179,000
9	Honduras	172,000	177,000	153,000	154,000	165,000
10	Ghana	140,000	141,000	144,000	147,000	152,000
11	Ivory Coast	123,000	116,000	134,000	134,000	136,000
12	Mexico	89,000	91,000	99,000	102,000	114,000
13	Cameroon	73,000	80,000	84,000	88,000	92,000
14	Costa Rica	43,096	84,000	86,000	89,000	92,000
15	Ecuador	109,000	104,000	85,000	83,000	82,000
16	DR Congo	73,500	75,000	75,000	75,000	75,000
17	Peru	43,000	50,000	52,000	60,000	63,000
18	Guinea	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000
19	Sierra Leone	44,271	37,484	38,784	43,981	42,482
20	Philippines	31,000	33,000	33,000	35,000	38,000
21	China	33,123	32,954	33,172	33,090	33,097
22	Benin	24,000	26,000	28,000	29,000	30,000
23	Angola	23,766	24,630	25,494	26,358	27,655
24	Cambodia	20,000	21,000	24,000	25,000	25,000
25	Nicaragua	22,000	23,000	23,000	24,000	24,000
26	Gabon	9,100	11,100	17,100	23,500	23,500
27	Solomon Islands	18,000	19,000	21,000	22,000	23,000
28	Venezuela	19,329	24,000	17,319	19,396	21,308
29	Dominican Republic	15,000	16,000	17,000	18,000	18,000
30	Paraguay	15,338	15,201	15,010	14,719	14,778
31	Burundi	8,398	8,644	8,520	8,511	8,502
32	Togo	33,158	6,947	6,947	7,579	8,211
33	Guinea-Bissau	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	7,985
34	Senegal	7,564	7,564	7,564	7,564	7,564
35	Panama	7,564	8,460	8,052	5,893	7,268
36	Tanzania	7,121	6,867	7,038	7,157	7,141
37	Congo	5,994	6,121	6,283	6,120	6,130
38	Liberia	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
39	Gambia	2,469	2,470	2,482	2,475	2,476
40	Equatorial Guinea	2,498	2,453	2,453	2,407	2,400
41	Madagascar	1295	1334	1292	1307	1311
42	Sao Tome and Principe	1000	1000	1000	1359	1000
43	Central African Republic	243.77	445	449.01	407.9	407.14
44	Suriname	25.15	24.11	23.99	26.19	26.09

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 Palm kernels, 2019-2023. For palm kernel production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 palm kernel production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the palm kernel production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For 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.