Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 391 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 391 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 554 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 261 ha, in 1993.
Bangladesh ranks 27th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 405 ha | — |
| 1962 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 425 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 426 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 439 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 389 ha | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 346 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 276 ha | -20.2% |
| 1975 | 282 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 344 ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 372 ha | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 372 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 490 ha | +40.0% |
| 1981 | 437 ha | -10.8% |
| 1982 | 480 ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 461 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 475 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 475 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 485 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 554 ha | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 475 ha | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 406 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 279 ha | -31.3% |
| 1992 | 308 ha | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 261 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 295 ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 295 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 295 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 403 ha | +36.6% |
| 1998 | 473 ha | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 404 ha | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 404 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 405 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 400 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 470 ha | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 335 ha | -28.7% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 314 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 383 ha | +22.0% |
| 2012 | 378 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 379 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 382 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 376 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 377 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 381 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 388 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 396 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 388 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 391 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 392 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 390 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 391 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 409.56 ha | 405 ha | 426 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 352 ha | 276 ha | 439 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 483.2 ha | 437 ha | 554 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 341.9 ha | 261 ha | 473 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 399.9 ha | 300 ha | 470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 375.4 ha | 314 ha | 396 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 390.4 ha | 388 ha | 392 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Bangladesh was 391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 554 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 261 ha in 1993.
- How does Bangladesh rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 27th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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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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.