Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Central America, 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 Central America is 5 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is down 93.2% on the previous year and down 99.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Central America peaked at 12,470 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2007.
Central America ranks 21st of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,121 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,460 ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 12,470 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 12,254 ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 9,592 ha | -21.7% |
| 1966 | 9,534 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 9,059 ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 9,432 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 9,723 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 9,366 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 9,679 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 10,758 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 10,871 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 10,798 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 11,081 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 11,196 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 11,053 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 8,960 ha | -18.9% |
| 1979 | 8,757 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 4,533 ha | -48.2% |
| 1981 | 2,284 ha | -49.6% |
| 1982 | 3,038 ha | +33.0% |
| 1983 | 7,200 ha | +137.0% |
| 1984 | 2,468 ha | -65.7% |
| 1985 | 2,461 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 2,435 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 2,450 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 2,460 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 814 ha | -66.9% |
| 1990 | 850 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 1,016 ha | +19.5% |
| 1992 | 1,014 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 950 ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 1,032 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 1,895 ha | +83.6% |
| 1996 | 1,895 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,327 ha | +75.6% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | -54.9% |
| 1999 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 2001 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 2003 | 990 ha | -34.0% |
| 2004 | 736 ha | -25.7% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | +35.9% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 5 ha | -99.0% |
| 2008 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 866 ha | +17220.0% |
| 2015 | 1,018 ha | +17.6% |
| 2016 | 6,622 ha | +550.5% |
| 2017 | 1,768 ha | -73.3% |
| 2018 | 102 ha | -94.2% |
| 2019 | 34 ha | -66.7% |
| 2020 | 953 ha | +2702.9% |
| 2021 | 700 ha | -26.5% |
| 2022 | 74 ha | -89.4% |
| 2023 | 74 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | -93.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,627 ha | 9,059 ha | 12,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,252 ha | 8,757 ha | 11,196 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,014 ha | 814 ha | 7,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,488 ha | 850 ha | 3,327 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 844.2 ha | 5 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,303 ha | 5 ha | 6,622 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 361.2 ha | 5 ha | 953 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Central America?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Central America was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 12,470 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2007.
- How does Central America rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.