Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 10,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia is 10,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 78.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 290,000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 2021.
Eastern Asia ranks 11th of 24 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 102,474 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,713 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 117,568 ha | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 135,526 ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 184,265 ha | +36.0% |
| 1966 | 223,483 ha | +21.3% |
| 1967 | 223,047 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 202,892 ha | -9.0% |
| 1969 | 182,952 ha | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 181,958 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 181,203 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 176,676 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 172,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 174,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 173,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 168,041 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 170,995 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 190,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 190,400 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 200,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 200,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 200,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 215,050 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 207,050 ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 233,050 ha | +12.6% |
| 1986 | 255,050 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 267,022 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 270,015 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 270,011 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 275,005 ha | +1.8% |
| 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 | 164,213 ha | 102,474 ha | 223,483 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 177,877 ha | 168,041 ha | 190,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 231,755 ha | 200,100 ha | 270,015 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 Eastern Asia
- 8 Thailand 14,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 ha compare
- 10 China 10,000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 7,891 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 5,970 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Eastern Asia 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 290,000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 2021.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.