Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 5,970 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 5,970 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 7,468 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4,546 ha, in 2000.
That places Ethiopia 14th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4,915 ha | — |
| 1994 | 4,928 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,946 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 4,966 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 4,985 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 5,004 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 5,010 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 4,546 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 4,577 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 4,670 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 4,736 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 4,787 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 4,813 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 4,785 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 5,800 ha | +21.2% |
| 2008 | 6,800 ha | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 6,735 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 6,240 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,186 ha | -25.9% |
| 2015 | 7,285 ha | +40.5% |
| 2016 | 6,298 ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 5,046 ha | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 7,468 ha | +48.0% |
| 2019 | 6,674 ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 6,523 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 5,723 ha | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 6,160 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 6,064 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 5,970 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,965 ha | 4,915 ha | 5,010 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 5,225 ha | 4,546 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,500 ha | 5,046 ha | 7,468 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,088 ha | 5,723 ha | 6,523 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 7,891 ha compare
- 15 Indonesia 4,746 ha compare
- 16 Paraguay 4,000 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 3,999 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Ethiopia was 5,970 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,468 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,546 ha in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.