Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 7,891 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 7,891 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 10,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1975.
That places Madagascar 13th 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 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1964 | 6,440 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 6,510 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 6,485 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 6,560 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 6,475 ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,050 ha | -22.3% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | +37.3% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | -57.1% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1977 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,380 ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 6,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 6,522 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 6,580 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 6,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 6,179 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 6,489 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 6,900 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 6,948 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 7,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 7,104 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 7,159 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 7,208 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 7,248 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 7,280 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 7,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 7,424 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 7,443 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 7,464 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 7,489 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 7,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,550 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,553 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,637 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 7,642 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,703 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 7,752 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 7,791 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7,844 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,841 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,866 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,891 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,997 ha | 6,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,115 ha | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,588 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,712 ha | 6,179 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,257 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,579 ha | 7,464 ha | 7,752 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,847 ha | 7,791 ha | 7,891 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 10 China (People’s Republic of) 10,000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 5,970 ha compare
- 15 Indonesia 4,746 ha compare
- 16 Paraguay 4,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Madagascar was 7,891 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1975.
- How does Madagascar rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 13th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.