Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in China
China: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 10,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in China, 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 China is 10,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 78.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in China peaked at 290,000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 2021.
That places China 10th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1965 | 180,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1966 | 220,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 180,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 175,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 170,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 165,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 170,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 190,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 215,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 207,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 233,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1986 | 255,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 267,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 270,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 275,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 280,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 240,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 270,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 247,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 190,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1996 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 220,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 209,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 270,000 ha | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 290,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 270,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 267,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 260,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 240,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 230,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 210,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 220,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 200,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 190,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 120,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 2013 | 57,000 ha | -52.5% |
| 2014 | 46,000 ha | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 26,000 ha | -43.5% |
| 2016 | 22,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 19,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 16,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 2019 | 21,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 2020 | 9,000 ha | -57.1% |
| 2021 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2024 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 220,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 176,000 ha | 165,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 231,700 ha | 200,000 ha | 270,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240,100 ha | 190,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 245,700 ha | 200,000 ha | 290,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,700 ha | 16,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 7 Myanmar 15,423 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 14,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 7,891 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in China?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in China was 10,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 290,000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 2021.
- How does China rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- China ranks 10th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.