Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 16,525 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 16,525 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 16,525 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 13,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 14,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 14,329 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 13,500 ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 13,658 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 13,694 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 13,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 14,147 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 14,382 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 14,612 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 14,718 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 14,814 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 14,571 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 14,812 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 14,969 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 15,156 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 15,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,758 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 15,899 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 15,982 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 16,029 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 16,064 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 16,123 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 16,182 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 16,383 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 16,398 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 16,457 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 16,525 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,956 ha | 11,000 ha | 13,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,900 ha | 11,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,150 ha | 12,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,518 ha | 12,500 ha | 14,329 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,568 ha | 13,500 ha | 15,156 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,886 ha | 15,000 ha | 16,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,389 ha | 16,182 ha | 16,525 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Middle Africa was 16,525 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,525 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1969.
- How does Middle Africa rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.