Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 886,663 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 886,663 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.4% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Asia peaked at 1.71 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 627,694 ha, in 1975.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 661,139 ha | — |
| 1962 | 662,151 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 686,463 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 657,131 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 663,550 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 712,253 ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 753,077 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 677,187 ha | -10.1% |
| 1969 | 667,778 ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 716,843 ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 723,839 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 699,733 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 812,390 ha | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 846,526 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 627,694 ha | -25.9% |
| 1976 | 743,636 ha | +18.5% |
| 1977 | 641,775 ha | -13.7% |
| 1978 | 750,745 ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 726,595 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 792,986 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 860,165 ha | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 886,859 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 935,625 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 976,896 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 976,812 ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 915,956 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 808,424 ha | -11.7% |
| 1988 | 995,779 ha | +23.2% |
| 1989 | 1.06 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1.17 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 1.07 million ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 981,282 ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 1.03 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 1.07 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.02 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 971,288 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 903,930 ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 945,349 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 1.09 million ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 1.41 million ha | +28.9% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | -26.8% |
| 2002 | 896,011 ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million ha | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.15 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 905,294 ha | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 1.05 million ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 1.14 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 989,157 ha | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 1.12 million ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 1.71 million ha | +53.1% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million ha | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 1.15 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2014 | 1.17 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.12 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 873,651 ha | -21.9% |
| 2017 | 886,723 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 811,184 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million ha | +36.9% |
| 2020 | 943,886 ha | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 886,943 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million ha | +21.5% |
| 2023 | 1.10 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 886,663 ha | -19.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 682,303 ha | 657,131 ha | 753,077 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 728,978 ha | 627,694 ha | 846,526 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 921,087 ha | 792,986 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 million ha | 903,930 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 million ha | 896,011 ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.13 million ha | 811,184 ha | 1.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 979,070 ha | 886,663 ha | 1.10 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Asia was 886,663 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 627,694 ha in 1975.
- How does Asia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.