Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 46,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — area harvested in Brazil is 46,440 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 640,781 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 43,635 ha, in 2013.
Brazil ranks 3rd of 44 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 283,405 ha | — |
| 1962 | 284,180 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 307,187 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 347,600 ha | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 394,146 ha | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 347,133 ha | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 360,622 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 377,048 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 377,636 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 380,986 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 361,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 376,726 ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 496,026 ha | +31.7% |
| 1974 | 640,781 ha | +29.2% |
| 1975 | 398,709 ha | -37.8% |
| 1976 | 266,776 ha | -33.1% |
| 1977 | 254,335 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 350,336 ha | +37.7% |
| 1979 | 374,798 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 440,511 ha | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 447,364 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 461,824 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 270,130 ha | -41.5% |
| 1984 | 412,955 ha | +52.9% |
| 1985 | 496,844 ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 456,215 ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 262,900 ha | -42.4% |
| 1988 | 273,153 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 268,618 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 286,703 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 233,555 ha | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 175,336 ha | -24.9% |
| 1993 | 141,074 ha | -19.5% |
| 1994 | 106,319 ha | -24.6% |
| 1995 | 76,427 ha | -28.1% |
| 1996 | 119,849 ha | +56.8% |
| 1997 | 153,138 ha | +27.8% |
| 1998 | 63,233 ha | -58.7% |
| 1999 | 103,763 ha | +64.1% |
| 2000 | 208,098 ha | +100.6% |
| 2001 | 171,624 ha | -17.5% |
| 2002 | 122,248 ha | -28.8% |
| 2003 | 133,879 ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 172,704 ha | +29.0% |
| 2005 | 230,911 ha | +33.7% |
| 2006 | 151,060 ha | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 163,034 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 157,626 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 159,409 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 151,865 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 208,476 ha | +37.3% |
| 2012 | 84,390 ha | -59.5% |
| 2013 | 43,635 ha | -48.3% |
| 2014 | 63,498 ha | +45.5% |
| 2015 | 82,424 ha | +29.8% |
| 2016 | 44,351 ha | -46.2% |
| 2017 | 47,147 ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 46,075 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 50,567 ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 45,746 ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 45,238 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 47,756 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 48,938 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 46,440 ha | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 342,106 ha | 283,405 ha | 394,146 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 390,047 ha | 254,335 ha | 640,781 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 379,051 ha | 262,900 ha | 496,844 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,940 ha | 63,233 ha | 286,703 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 167,059 ha | 122,248 ha | 230,911 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,243 ha | 43,635 ha | 208,476 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,824 ha | 45,238 ha | 48,938 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Brazil?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Brazil was 46,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 640,781 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,635 ha in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.