Caribbean vs China: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 10,000 ha against 2,712 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 7,288 ha.
That makes China's figure about 3.7 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 13th and China ranks 10th of 24 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,850 ha | 160,000 ha | 157,150 ha | China |
| 1970s | 2,426 ha | 176,000 ha | 173,574 ha | China |
| 1980s | 2,999 ha | 231,700 ha | 228,701 ha | China |
| 1990s | 2,252 ha | 240,100 ha | 237,848 ha | China |
| 2000s | 2,435 ha | 245,700 ha | 243,265 ha | China |
| 2010s | 2,612 ha | 70,700 ha | 68,088 ha | China |
| 2020s | 2,708 ha | 9,000 ha | 6,292 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, Caribbean or China?
- China, at 10,000 ha against 2,712 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between Caribbean and China?
- 7,288 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and China rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th and China ranks 10th of 24 groups.
- 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.