China vs Myanmar: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- China
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 15,423 ha against 10,000 ha in China, a difference of 5,423 ha.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.5 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was China ahead.
China ranks 10th and Myanmar ranks 7th of 44 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 270,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 265,000 ha | China |
| 1990s | 240,100 ha | 4,490 ha | 235,610 ha | China |
| 2000s | 245,700 ha | 10,880 ha | 234,820 ha | China |
| 2010s | 70,700 ha | 15,263 ha | 55,437 ha | China |
| 2020s | 9,000 ha | 15,488 ha | 6,488 ha | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, China or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 15,423 ha against 10,000 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between China and Myanmar?
- 5,423 ha, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Myanmar?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do China and Myanmar rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- China ranks 10th and Myanmar ranks 7th 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.