China vs Western Asia: Castor oil seeds — Yield
Castor oil seeds — Yield over time
- China
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 2,319 kg/ha against 2,000 kg/ha in China, a difference of 319 kg/ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
China ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 2nd of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Western Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 450.92 kg/ha | 397.68 kg/ha | 53.24 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 460.37 kg/ha | 438.46 kg/ha | 21.91 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 898.8 kg/ha | 480 kg/ha | 418.8 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 1,063 kg/ha | 538.53 kg/ha | 524.32 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 907.01 kg/ha | 1,721 kg/ha | 813.77 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 1,271 kg/ha | 2,155 kg/ha | 883.95 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 1,878 kg/ha | 2,322 kg/ha | 443.96 kg/ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher castor oil seeds — yield, China or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 2,319 kg/ha against 2,000 kg/ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in castor oil seeds — yield between China and Western Asia?
- 319 kg/ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Asia?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Asia rank globally for castor oil seeds — yield?
- China ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 2nd of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Castor oil seeds — Yield. 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.