Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 201,430 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 201,430 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 204,127 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1977.
That places Mozambique 2nd out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,400 ha | +73.0% |
| 1963 | 9,700 ha | +51.6% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -58.8% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 5,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 7,700 ha | +32.8% |
| 1968 | 7,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -46.7% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 4,500 ha | +80.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | -71.1% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 1987 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 16,000 ha | +77.8% |
| 1991 | 20,938 ha | +30.9% |
| 1992 | 26,000 ha | +24.2% |
| 1993 | 36,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1994 | 50,000 ha | +38.9% |
| 1995 | 52,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 58,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 65,482 ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 70,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 85,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 2001 | 100,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 115,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 125,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 135,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 140,443 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 150,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 145,605 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 158,980 ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 185,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 185,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 185,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 183,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 186,394 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 201,894 ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 190,430 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 195,563 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 199,759 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 204,127 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 200,111 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 201,332 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 201,857 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 201,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 201,430 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,089 ha | 3,700 ha | 9,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,290 ha | 1,300 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,060 ha | 1,300 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,442 ha | 16,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 128,503 ha | 85,000 ha | 158,980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,617 ha | 183,000 ha | 204,127 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,166 ha | 200,111 ha | 201,857 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Mozambique was 201,430 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 204,127 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1977.
- How does Mozambique rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 2nd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.