Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in India
India: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 827,889 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in India, 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 India is 827,889 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 20.5% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in India peaked at 1.47 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 374,900 ha, in 1975.
That places India 1st out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 486,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 469,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 484,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 441,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 405,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 400,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 439,400 ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 393,800 ha | -10.4% |
| 1969 | 401,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 438,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 453,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 426,400 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 546,600 ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 590,300 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 374,900 ha | -36.5% |
| 1976 | 495,800 ha | +32.2% |
| 1977 | 379,700 ha | -23.4% |
| 1978 | 446,900 ha | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 440,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 497,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 557,500 ha | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 580,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 623,400 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 670,600 ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 636,600 ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 577,600 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 479,500 ha | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 631,300 ha | +31.7% |
| 1989 | 702,200 ha | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 810,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 711,800 ha | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 659,700 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 684,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 779,200 ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 789,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 728,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 641,300 ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 684,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 781,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million ha | +38.4% |
| 2001 | 715,400 ha | -33.9% |
| 2002 | 586,000 ha | -18.1% |
| 2003 | 716,800 ha | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 745,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 862,700 ha | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 627,700 ha | -27.2% |
| 2007 | 786,800 ha | +25.3% |
| 2008 | 866,248 ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 741,339 ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 880,339 ha | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million ha | +67.1% |
| 2012 | 1.23 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2013 | 1.06 million ha | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 1.09 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 807,917 ha | -23.8% |
| 2017 | 824,127 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 751,317 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 1.05 million ha | +39.3% |
| 2020 | 887,495 ha | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 830,978 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 1.02 million ha | +22.7% |
| 2023 | 1.04 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 827,889 ha | -20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 435,667 ha | 393,800 ha | 486,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459,300 ha | 374,900 ha | 590,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 595,640 ha | 479,500 ha | 702,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 726,980 ha | 641,300 ha | 810,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 773,029 ha | 586,000 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 751,317 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 921,342 ha | 827,889 ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in India?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in India was 827,889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 374,900 ha in 1975.
- How does India rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.