Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 20,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 20,000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 20,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 5th of 44 countries on this measure, 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | +421.7% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | -27.8% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,300 ha | -7.8% |
| 1973 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,280 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 8,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 8,570 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 8,720 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 9,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 9,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 9,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 9,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 9,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,700 ha | +28.3% |
| 1988 | 13,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 13,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 13,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 12,979 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 12,294 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 9,484 ha | -22.9% |
| 1996 | 12,570 ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 12,464 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 11,904 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 11,273 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 11,401 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 11,629 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 11,757 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 11,887 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 12,009 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2023 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,811 ha | 2,300 ha | 18,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,582 ha | 8,280 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,620 ha | 9,200 ha | 13,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,297 ha | 9,484 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,368 ha | 11,401 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,300 ha | 13,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,600 ha | 14,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Kenya?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Kenya was 20,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 5th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.