Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 12,970 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) recorded 12,970 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 30,200 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 8,870 ha, in 1967.
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th 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 Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,200 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 17,100 ha | -15.3% |
| 1964 | 15,100 ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 15,700 ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 13,400 ha | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 8,870 ha | -33.8% |
| 1968 | 10,050 ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 13,460 ha | +33.9% |
| 1970 | 17,430 ha | +29.5% |
| 1971 | 17,921 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 23,396 ha | +30.6% |
| 1973 | 23,309 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 27,327 ha | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 20,400 ha | -25.3% |
| 1976 | 23,471 ha | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 24,200 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 22,245 ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 24,566 ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 25,702 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 16,288 ha | -36.6% |
| 1982 | 29,400 ha | +80.5% |
| 1983 | 29,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 30,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 23,100 ha | -23.5% |
| 1986 | 22,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 19,900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 23,100 ha | +16.1% |
| 1989 | 22,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 20,683 ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 18,838 ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 14,490 ha | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 19,541 ha | +34.9% |
| 1994 | 19,587 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 19,356 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 18,797 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 18,994 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 20,284 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 13,893 ha | -31.5% |
| 2000 | 17,246 ha | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 17,811 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 13,328 ha | -25.2% |
| 2003 | 15,755 ha | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 16,787 ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 17,813 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 17,785 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 18,800 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 20,800 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 20,735 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,800 ha | -28.6% |
| 2011 | 14,240 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 16,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 16,186 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 16,285 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 15,298 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 14,046 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 16,468 ha | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 15,674 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 14,523 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 13,723 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 14,160 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 13,064 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 12,970 ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +80.5% | 16,288 ha | 29,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,687 ha | 8,870 ha | 20,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,426 ha | 17,430 ha | 27,327 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,159 ha | 16,288 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,446 ha | 13,893 ha | 20,683 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,686 ha | 13,328 ha | 20,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,700 ha | 14,046 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,688 ha | 12,970 ha | 14,523 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- 7 Myanmar 15,423 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 676 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16 ha compare
- 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
- 13 Caribbean 2,712 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 12,970 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 30,200 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,870 ha in 1967.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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.