Brazil vs Kenya: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Kenya
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 46,440 ha against 20,000 ha in Kenya, a difference of 26,440 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 2.3 times Kenya's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 3rd and Kenya ranks 5th of 44 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 342,106 ha | 12,811 ha | 329,295 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 390,047 ha | 8,582 ha | 381,465 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 379,051 ha | 10,620 ha | 368,431 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 145,940 ha | 12,297 ha | 133,643 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 167,059 ha | 12,368 ha | 154,691 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 82,243 ha | 13,300 ha | 68,943 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 46,824 ha | 17,600 ha | 29,224 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, Brazil or Kenya?
- Brazil, at 46,440 ha against 20,000 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between Brazil and Kenya?
- 26,440 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kenya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Kenya rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and Kenya ranks 5th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Castor oil seeds — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.