The document provides statistics on palm oil production and sustainability certification. The largest producers of palm oil are Indonesia and Malaysia, which together account for over half of global production. While over 20% of total palm oil production capacity is RSPO certified as sustainable, only around 21% of certified palm oil is delivered through certified supply chains, with over half still waiting for buyers. The largest palm oil consumers are India, Indonesia, and the European Union.

1. RSPO Sustainable palm oil:
the journey so far - 2015
*Commercial area and production only.
Data source – OilWorld Data Base – June 2016
MMT (Million Metric Tonnes)
Indonesia (33,400 MMT)
Malaysia (19,962 MMT)
Thailand (1,833 MMT)
Colombia (1,273 MMT)
Nigeria* (940 MMT)
Other (5,155 MMT)
Where is palm oil produced?
www.greenpalm.org
Where is palm oil consumed?
*Data source - OilWorld Data Base -
June 2016
Data source – rspo.org/about/impacts
Data source – OilWorld Data Base – June 2016
21%
Total production of palm oil:
62,563 MMT
RSPO certified production capacity:
12,886 MMT
How much is
sustainably
produced?
Data sources – www.rspo.org and www.greenpalm.org
52.02% waiting for a buyer
26.59% delivered through the GreenPalm
certificate trading programme
21.39% delivered through Segregated
& Mass Balance RSPO certified supply
chain options
During 2015…
How much RSPO certified
sustainable palm oil
has been bought?
53.4%
31.9%
8.2%
2.9%
2.0%
1.5%
India (9,287 MMT)
Indonesia (7,337 MMT)
EU 28 (7,239 MMT)
China (5,828 MMT)
Malaysia (2,917 MMT)
Other (28,475 MMT)