Palm Oil Production by Country

Indonesia stayed the largest palm oil producer while adding 264,626 tonnes and Malaysia lost 1,306,417 tonnes since 2019. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Palm oil, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 48 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 79,567,199 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Indonesia produced 2.54 times as much as Malaysia: 47,084,299 tonnes against 18,551,950, while Thailand ranks third with 3,323,200 tonnes, 15,228,750 tonnes behind Malaysia. The top two hold 82.5 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 3,323,200 and 1,841,880 tonnes respectively.

Palm Oil Production by Country

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#	Country	2023
1	Indonesia ID	47,084,299
2	Malaysia MY	18,551,950
3	Thailand TH	3,323,200
4	Colombia CO	1,841,880
5	Nigeria NG	1,460,000
6	Guatemala GT	933,926
7	Papua New Guinea PG	770,000
8	Honduras HN	655,000
9	Brazil BR	637,353
10	Ivory Coast CI	562,465
11	Ecuador EC	494,674
12	Mexico MX	386,700
13	Cameroon CM	320,000
14	DR Congo CD	300,000
15	Ghana GH	300,000
16	Peru PE	300,000
17	Costa Rica CR	280,463
18	Nicaragua NI	148,622
19	Gabon GA	146,800
20	Philippines PH	135,200
21	China CN	112,877
22	Venezuela VE	103,346
23	Benin BJ	100,000
24	Cambodia KH	100,000
25	Sierra Leone SL	85,800
26	Panama PA	74,000
27	Angola AO	64,000
28	Guinea GN	50,000
29	Dominican Republic DO	48,000
30	Liberia LR	45,000
31	Solomon Islands SB	31,000
32	Congo CG	27,616
33	Togo TG	21,000
34	Burundi BI	16,978
35	Senegal SN	14,000
36	Jamaica JM	6,500
37	Guinea-Bissau GW	5,949
38	Tanzania TZ	5,616
39	Equatorial Guinea GQ	5,300
40	Sao Tome and Principe ST	4,870
41	Gambia GM	4,162
42	Madagascar MG	4,076
43	Paraguay PY	3,810
44	Central African Republic CF	629.6
45	Suriname SR	136.1
46	Brunei BN	0
47	Japan JP	0
48	Ukraine UA	0

Palm Oil Production by Country in 2023

Indonesia was the largest palm oil producer in the 2023 listed data with 47,084,299 tonnes, followed by Malaysia with 18,551,950 tonnes and Thailand with 3,323,200 tonnes. Colombia ranked fourth with 1,841,880 tonnes.

Indonesia holds 59.2 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 86.7 percent of the 79,567,199-tonne listed total.

Indonesia Adds 264,626 Tonnes as Palm Oil Production Grows 0.7 Percent

The common reporter universe (48 countries with data in both years) edged from 79,031,128 tonnes to 79,567,199 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, a change of 536,071 tonnes (0.7 percent). The totals listed for each year were 79,031,128 tonnes (48 reporters) and 79,567,199 tonnes (48 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Indonesia added 264,626 tonnes (up 0.6 percent) and Malaysia 98,530 tonnes (up 0.5 percent), while Guatemala fell 176,610 tonnes (down 15.9 percent).

Malaysia Falls 1,306,417 Tonnes as Palm Oil Production Grows 0.4 Percent Since 2019

From 2019 to 2023 the common reporter universe (46 countries with data in both years) moved from 79,212,947 tonnes to 79,567,199 tonnes, a change of 354,252 tonnes (0.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 79,212,947 tonnes (46 reporters) and 79,567,199 tonnes (48 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while 2 new reporters joined with reported zeros (Brunei and Japan). Malaysia fell 1,306,417 tonnes (down 6.6 percent), while Colombia added 314,331 tonnes (up 20.6 percent) and Thailand 283,200 tonnes (up 9.3 percent).

Palm Oil Production by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Indonesia	47,120,247	44,759,147	49,710,345	46,819,673	47,084,299
2	Malaysia	19,858,367	19,140,613	18,116,354	18,453,420	18,551,950
3	Thailand	3,040,000	2,690,000	2,940,000	3,240,000	3,323,200
4	Colombia	1,527,549	1,557,995	1,747,773	1,767,624	1,841,880
5	Nigeria	1,220,000	1,280,000	1,350,000	1,420,000	1,460,000
6	Guatemala	863,300	850,000	800,000	1,110,536	933,926
7	Papua New Guinea	625,000	680,000	765,000	810,000	770,000
8	Honduras	707,000	700,000	650,000	645,000	655,000
9	Brazil	400,560	576,763	579,159	580,927	637,353
10	Ivory Coast	535,365	514,491	601,290	541,530	562,465
11	Ecuador	509,000	484,400	448,434	446,235	494,674
12	Mexico	271,300	299,200	320,100	357,600	386,700
13	Cameroon	336,466	373,463	310,000	330,000	320,000
14	DR Congo	294,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000
15	Ghana	257,762	264,494	277,986	300,000	300,000
16	Peru	220,000	230,000	270,000	280,000	300,000
17	Costa Rica	247,800	260,100	267,259	282,268	280,463
18	Nicaragua	128,000	133,950	140,648	155,192	148,622
19	Gabon	55,105	70,340	107,336	147,839	146,800
20	Philippines	124,800	123,300	130,700	133,300	135,200
21	China	112,965	112,390	113,132	112,853	112,877
22	Venezuela	96,647	114,000	83,997	94,073	103,346
23	Benin	78,000	80,000	92,000	96,000	100,000
24	Cambodia	84,000	85,000	95,000	97,000	100,000
25	Sierra Leone	88,579	84,000	87,400	85,600	85,800
26	Panama	55,468	62,037	59,048	60,000	74,000
27	Angola	55,000	57,000	59,000	61,000	64,000
28	Guinea	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000
29	Dominican Republic	55,000	51,000	40,000	45,000	48,000
30	Liberia	42,000	45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000
31	Solomon Islands	23,000	25,000	30,000	38,000	31,000
32	Congo	27,004	27,575	28,304	27,572	27,616
33	Togo	24,000	22,000	22,000	24,000	21,000
34	Burundi	25,545	17,262	17,014	16,996	16,978
35	Senegal	14,000	14,000	14,000	14,000	14,000
36	Jamaica	6,700	8,100	7,600	6,800	6,500
37	Guinea-Bissau	5,925	5,943	5,941	5,946	5,949
38	Tanzania	5,600	5,400	5,535	5,629	5,616
39	Equatorial Guinea	5,400	5,400	5,400	5,300	5,300
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3,586	3,639	5,000	6,429	4,870
41	Gambia	4,150	4,151	4,172	4,160	4,162
42	Madagascar	4,026	4,147	4,017	4,065	4,076
43	Paraguay	3,955	3,919	3,870	3,795	3,810
44	Central African Republic	644.71	688.14	694.35	630.77	629.6
45	Suriname	131.64	125.78	123.71	136.63	136.1
46	Brunei	-	0	0	0	0
47	Japan	-	-	-	0	0
48	Ukraine	0	0	0	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 Palm oil, 2019-2023. For palm oil production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 palm oil production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the palm oil production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For palm oil production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.