Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Cambodia
Cambodia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 1,477 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Cambodia, 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 Cambodia is 1,477 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Cambodia peaked at 4,733 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 95 ha, in 1976.
That places Cambodia 23rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Cambodia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,733 ha | +57.8% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | -36.6% |
| 1964 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | -64.3% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | -80.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 1969 | 350 ha | +250.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | -75.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +66.7% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +60.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 850 ha | +41.7% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 1,407 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,355 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 1,450 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1,402 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 1,515 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,366 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,374 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1,384 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,389 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,388 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,392 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,396 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,405 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,434 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,443 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,442 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,441 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,450 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,452 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,456 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,457 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,468 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,473 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,477 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,798 ha | 100 ha | 4,733 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 149.5 ha | 95 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 885 ha | 400 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,423 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,515 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,369 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,432 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,452 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,466 ha | 1,456 ha | 1,477 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Cambodia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Cambodia was 1,477 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,733 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 ha in 1976.
- How does Cambodia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 23rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.