India vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- India
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
India currently reports 827,889 ha against 264,731 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 563,158 ha.
That makes India's figure about 3.1 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 1st and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 44 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 435,667 ha | 89,211 ha | 346,456 ha | India |
| 1970s | 459,300 ha | 69,456 ha | 389,844 ha | India |
| 1980s | 595,640 ha | 62,416 ha | 533,224 ha | India |
| 1990s | 726,980 ha | 100,652 ha | 626,328 ha | India |
| 2000s | 773,029 ha | 182,518 ha | 590,511 ha | India |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 254,250 ha | 768,521 ha | India |
| 2020s | 921,342 ha | 265,065 ha | 656,278 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, India or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- India, at 827,889 ha against 264,731 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between India and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 563,158 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd 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.