Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 274,123 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 274,123 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Africa peaked at 274,483 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 70,920 ha, in 1977.
That places Africa 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 106,402 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130,115 ha | +22.3% |
| 1963 | 117,974 ha | -9.3% |
| 1964 | 116,717 ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 127,299 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 115,226 ha | -9.5% |
| 1967 | 112,442 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 106,977 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 107,214 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 102,638 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 101,008 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 93,788 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 84,770 ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 85,412 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 85,076 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 71,680 ha | -15.7% |
| 1977 | 70,920 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 71,320 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 71,090 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 71,790 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 71,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 72,180 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 72,510 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 73,040 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 73,830 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 76,930 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 81,750 ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 84,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 89,700 ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 99,264 ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 99,348 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 104,839 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 106,053 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 114,121 ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 112,648 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 117,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 115,848 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 121,914 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 125,422 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 140,672 ha | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 156,837 ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 172,472 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 183,087 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 188,571 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 194,619 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 199,773 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 210,952 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 208,667 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 222,262 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 248,122 ha | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 248,810 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 250,025 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 248,325 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 249,938 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 267,436 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 255,237 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 260,203 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 266,982 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 271,693 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 267,702 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 269,538 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 274,483 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 273,756 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 274,123 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115,596 ha | 106,402 ha | 130,115 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,770 ha | 70,920 ha | 102,638 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,793 ha | 71,790 ha | 89,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 111,676 ha | 99,264 ha | 125,422 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 187,791 ha | 140,672 ha | 222,262 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 256,677 ha | 248,122 ha | 271,693 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 271,920 ha | 267,702 ha | 274,483 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Africa was 274,123 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 274,483 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,920 ha in 1977.
- How does Africa rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.