- Indonesia and Malaysia dominate the world market, supplying some 85 percent of global supply.
- Indonesia has the most oil palm plantations in the world with more than 700 plantations across Indonesia.
- The total area of oil palm-planted land in Indonesia is around 16.78 million hectares.
- The oil palm plantation sector and the national palm oil industry are the biggest contributors to the Indonesian economy.
- In 2019, foreign exchange earnings from the export of palm oil products reached around Rp. 246 trillion
- Throughout 2019, crude palm oil (CPO) output reached 51.8 million tonnes
- Forty percent of the total area of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations, or 5.72 million hectares, are smallholder plantations
- There are 1,731 oil palm plantation companies consisting of 162 large state-owned companies and 1,569 large private companies, spread across 25 provinces in Indonesia.
- Some 50 percent of the world’s vegetable oil needs, come from palm oil
- Meanwhile, 50 percent of the world’s other vegetable oils come from sunflower, soybean, coconut, peanut and cottonseed oil
Source: Kemenperin dan Dirjen EBTKE