Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 15,423 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — area harvested in Myanmar is 15,423 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 18,000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,200 ha, in 1997.
Myanmar ranks 7th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1990 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 6,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 17,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 15,500 ha | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 14,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 13,872 ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 15,794 ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 14,822 ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 14,958 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 15,343 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 15,041 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 15,748 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 15,377 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 15,389 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 15,504 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 15,423 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 4,490 ha | 4,200 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,880 ha | 4,800 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,263 ha | 13,872 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,488 ha | 15,377 ha | 15,748 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 376.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6942 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 25.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Myanmar was 15,423 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,200 ha in 1997.
- How does Myanmar rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.