World Palm oil production: country ranking and trends
World Palm oil ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)79.57M t2023
Countries48
#1Indonesia47.08M t
10-year change+43.6 %2013 → 2023
What the data show
In 2023, the sum of available national Palm oil production reaches 79.57M t. Indonesia ranks first with 47.08M t, about 59.2 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +43.6 %.
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Which country produces the most Palm oil?
Indonesia ranks #1 for 2023 with 47.08M t.
How is the world total for Palm oil calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indonesia | 47.08M t | 59.2 % |
| #2 | Malaysia | 18.55M t | 23.3 % |
| #3 | Thailand | 3.32M t | 4.2 % |
| #4 | Colombia | 1.84M t | 2.3 % |
| #5 | Nigeria | 1.46M t | 1.8 % |
| #6 | Guatemala | 933.9k t | 1.2 % |
| #7 | Papua New Guinea | 770.0k t | 1.0 % |
| #8 | Honduras | 655.0k t | 0.8 % |
| #9 | Brazil | 637.4k t | 0.8 % |
| #10 | Ivory Coast | 562.5k t | 0.7 % |
| #11 | Ecuador | 494.7k t | 0.6 % |
| #12 | Mexico | 386.7k t | 0.5 % |
| #13 | Cameroon | 320.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 300.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #15 | Ghana | 300.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #16 | Peru | 300.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #17 | Costa Rica | 280.5k t | 0.4 % |
| #18 | Nicaragua | 148.6k t | 0.2 % |
| #19 | Gabon | 146.8k t | 0.2 % |
| #20 | Philippines | 135.2k t | 0.2 % |
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