Data Sources
Indonesia:
Directorate General of Plantation (Ditjenbun) - Ministry of Agriculture Republic of IndonesiaMalaysia:
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Colombia:
La Federación Nacional de Cultivadores de Palma de Aceite (FEDEPALMA) -
sispaplus.fedepalma.org, 2024 using Oil World data
Ghana: USDA per cited by Indexmundi from 2010 - 2017 (Marketing Year), 2018 - 2024 using Oil World data (Calendar Year)Other stated countries:
Oil World, otherwise stated
Other countries: Total world oil palm matured area (Oil World) substracted by all stated countries
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- The term "matured area" for Indonesia and Malaysia refers to planted areas that are older than 2.5 years.
- Indonesia and Malaysia's matured areas presented are the accumulation of matured oil palm pantation areas managed by smalholders, state, and private enterprises of the same calender year.
- Data for other countries are from Oil World and cited as "harvested area" with the definition: "Harvested areas of oil palm refer to the average mature area of the calendar year."
- The data from DITJENBUN, MPOB, and Oil World is in calendar year, USDA data is in marketing year.
- The 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 data from Oil World has been updated based on Annual 2024 edition if not available in March 2024 and December 2024 edition.