China vs Madagascar: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- China
- Madagascar
How they compare
China currently reports 10,000 ha against 7,891 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 2,109 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 10th and Madagascar ranks 13th of 44 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,000 ha | 6,997 ha | 153,003 ha | China |
| 1970s | 176,000 ha | 5,115 ha | 170,885 ha | China |
| 1980s | 231,700 ha | 5,588 ha | 226,112 ha | China |
| 1990s | 240,100 ha | 6,712 ha | 233,388 ha | China |
| 2000s | 245,700 ha | 7,257 ha | 238,443 ha | China |
| 2010s | 70,700 ha | 7,579 ha | 63,121 ha | China |
| 2020s | 9,000 ha | 7,847 ha | 1,153 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, China or Madagascar?
- China, at 10,000 ha against 7,891 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between China and Madagascar?
- 2,109 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Madagascar rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- China ranks 10th and Madagascar ranks 13th 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.