Madagascar vs Western Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Western Asia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 7,891 ha against 676 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 7,215 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 11.7 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 13th and Western Asia ranks 16th of 44 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,997 ha | 89.44 ha | 6,907 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 5,115 ha | 116.3 ha | 4,999 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 5,588 ha | 12.6 ha | 5,575 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 6,712 ha | 14.2 ha | 6,698 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 7,257 ha | 257.8 ha | 6,999 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 7,579 ha | 675.5 ha | 6,904 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 7,847 ha | 676.6 ha | 7,170 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — area harvested, Madagascar or Western Asia?
- Madagascar, at 7,891 ha against 676 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — area harvested between Madagascar and Western Asia?
- 7,215 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Western Asia rank globally for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 13th and Western Asia ranks 16th 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.