Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 55,157 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Americas stood at 55,157 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Americas peaked at 724,617 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 55,157 ha, in 2024.
Americas ranks 7th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 359,142 ha | — |
| 1962 | 364,172 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 400,662 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 442,189 ha | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 476,427 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 423,434 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 421,768 ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 461,260 ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 450,971 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 436,242 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 424,337 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 439,744 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 580,851 ha | +32.1% |
| 1974 | 724,617 ha | +24.8% |
| 1975 | 434,786 ha | -40.0% |
| 1976 | 318,991 ha | -26.6% |
| 1977 | 299,677 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 391,367 ha | +30.6% |
| 1979 | 418,730 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 478,142 ha | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 480,176 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 508,272 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 321,290 ha | -36.8% |
| 1984 | 461,083 ha | +43.5% |
| 1985 | 528,705 ha | +14.7% |
| 1986 | 488,750 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 292,250 ha | -40.2% |
| 1988 | 305,513 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 298,532 ha | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 315,753 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 260,662 ha | -17.4% |
| 1992 | 196,550 ha | -24.6% |
| 1993 | 169,300 ha | -13.9% |
| 1994 | 129,399 ha | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 101,289 ha | -21.7% |
| 1996 | 140,208 ha | +38.4% |
| 1997 | 174,941 ha | +24.8% |
| 1998 | 84,505 ha | -51.7% |
| 1999 | 118,417 ha | +40.1% |
| 2000 | 226,945 ha | +91.6% |
| 2001 | 190,977 ha | -15.8% |
| 2002 | 136,808 ha | -28.4% |
| 2003 | 150,238 ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 186,070 ha | +23.9% |
| 2005 | 245,617 ha | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 165,270 ha | -32.7% |
| 2007 | 177,939 ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 173,446 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 175,073 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 161,407 ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 218,036 ha | +35.1% |
| 2012 | 95,823 ha | -56.1% |
| 2013 | 56,214 ha | -41.3% |
| 2014 | 76,095 ha | +35.4% |
| 2015 | 94,051 ha | +23.6% |
| 2016 | 61,611 ha | -34.5% |
| 2017 | 59,565 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 56,862 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 61,182 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 56,252 ha | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 55,492 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 57,385 ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 57,561 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 55,157 ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422,225 ha | 359,142 ha | 476,427 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 446,934 ha | 299,677 ha | 724,617 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 416,271 ha | 292,250 ha | 528,705 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,102 ha | 84,505 ha | 315,753 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 182,838 ha | 136,808 ha | 245,617 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,085 ha | 56,214 ha | 218,036 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,369 ha | 55,157 ha | 57,561 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Americas?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Americas was 55,157 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 724,617 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,157 ha in 2024.
- How does Americas rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas 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.