India vs USSR: Castor oil seeds — Production

India
1.59 million t
in 2024
USSR
20,700 t
in 1991
India rank
1st
USSR rank
4th

Castor oil seeds — Production over time

  • India
  • USSR
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

India currently reports 1.59 million t against 20,700 t in USSR, a difference of 1.57 million t.

That makes India's figure about 76.7 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 1st and USSR ranks 4th of 45 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 107,389 t 54,333 t 53,056 t India
1970s 187,080 t 61,180 t 125,900 t India
1980s 339,960 t 58,300 t 281,660 t India
1990s 646,450 t 34,250 t 612,200 t India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher castor oil seeds — production, India or USSR?
India, at 1.59 million t against 20,700 t in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in castor oil seeds — production between India and USSR?
1.57 million t, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do India and USSR rank globally for castor oil seeds — production?
India ranks 1st and USSR ranks 4th of 45 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Castor oil seeds — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Castor oil seeds — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 4,153 data points, 1961–2024
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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.