Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 2,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Ecuador, 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 Ecuador is 2,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.5% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 45,890 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1,230 ha, in 2004.
Ecuador ranks 20th of 44 countries on this measure, 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 24,400 ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 28,900 ha | +18.4% |
| 1965 | 21,100 ha | -27.0% |
| 1966 | 23,697 ha | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 21,597 ha | -8.9% |
| 1968 | 15,835 ha | -26.7% |
| 1969 | 23,442 ha | +48.0% |
| 1970 | 15,560 ha | -33.6% |
| 1971 | 30,562 ha | +96.4% |
| 1972 | 25,584 ha | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 45,890 ha | +79.4% |
| 1974 | 43,952 ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 3,227 ha | -92.7% |
| 1976 | 16,720 ha | +418.1% |
| 1977 | 9,520 ha | -43.1% |
| 1978 | 9,261 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 10,050 ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 6,716 ha | -33.2% |
| 1981 | 13,500 ha | +101.0% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 14,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | -58.6% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,010 ha | -24.9% |
| 1993 | 13,500 ha | +124.6% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | -40.7% |
| 1995 | 8,800 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 5,100 ha | -42.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,230 ha | -75.4% |
| 2005 | 1,387 ha | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,876 ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,846 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,839 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,855 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,843 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,000 ha | +8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,597 ha | 15,835 ha | 28,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,033 ha | 3,227 ha | 45,890 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,622 ha | 6,000 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,241 ha | 5,000 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,002 ha | 1,230 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,988 ha | 1,876 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,877 ha | 1,839 ha | 2,000 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ecuador was 2,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 45,890 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,230 ha in 2004.
- How does Ecuador rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 20th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.