Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 251,591 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 251,591 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 252,150 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 53,600 ha, in 1977.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,922 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,035 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 87,494 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 80,237 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 89,809 ha | +11.9% |
| 1966 | 95,826 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 92,352 ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 89,647 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 89,209 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 84,633 ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 82,408 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 74,525 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 66,220 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 67,860 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 67,653 ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 54,266 ha | -19.8% |
| 1977 | 53,600 ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 53,820 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 53,880 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 54,390 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 55,290 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 56,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 55,510 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 55,490 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 56,210 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 59,510 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 64,410 ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 66,212 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 71,014 ha | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 80,654 ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 81,151 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 85,961 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 87,909 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 96,295 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 94,282 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 98,716 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 96,759 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 103,125 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 107,045 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 121,649 ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 136,957 ha | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 152,586 ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 162,991 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 168,441 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 174,333 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 179,491 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 191,675 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 188,943 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 202,206 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 228,072 ha | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 227,662 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 228,717 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 226,729 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 228,333 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 245,952 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 233,618 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 238,514 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 245,261 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 249,844 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 245,746 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 247,219 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 252,150 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 251,330 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 251,591 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86,948 ha | 75,922 ha | 95,826 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,886 ha | 53,600 ha | 84,633 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,449 ha | 54,390 ha | 71,014 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 93,190 ha | 80,654 ha | 107,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 167,927 ha | 121,649 ha | 202,206 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 235,270 ha | 226,729 ha | 249,844 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,607 ha | 245,746 ha | 252,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 Mozambique 201,430 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 46,440 ha compare
- 4 USSR 33,400 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 8,000 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 20,000 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,000 ha compare
- 6 Angola 16,525 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 251,591 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 252,150 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,600 ha in 1977.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.