Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 289,007 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 289,007 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 290,348 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78,858 ha, in 1987.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,707 ha | — |
| 1962 | 115,025 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 119,384 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 114,247 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 121,150 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 132,401 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 127,447 ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 123,742 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 117,650 ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 114,192 ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 112,712 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 104,853 ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 96,426 ha | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 98,508 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 92,173 ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 82,872 ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 84,124 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 113,203 ha | +34.6% |
| 1979 | 90,245 ha | -20.3% |
| 1980 | 91,670 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 90,852 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 100,599 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 99,604 ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 97,060 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 97,418 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 88,512 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 78,858 ha | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 93,806 ha | +19.0% |
| 1989 | 106,821 ha | +13.9% |
| 1990 | 115,501 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 104,558 ha | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 114,593 ha | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 110,341 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 125,708 ha | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 125,524 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 125,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 124,016 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 131,111 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 130,662 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 143,955 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 161,638 ha | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 177,701 ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 191,334 ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 197,328 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 205,086 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 214,164 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 226,414 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 230,516 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 237,989 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 265,304 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 264,211 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 265,136 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 262,756 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 261,794 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 280,805 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 267,543 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 272,654 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 279,635 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 283,455 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 282,114 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 284,557 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 290,348 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 289,756 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 289,007 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119,639 ha | 105,707 ha | 132,401 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,931 ha | 82,872 ha | 114,192 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 94,520 ha | 78,858 ha | 106,821 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 120,711 ha | 104,558 ha | 131,111 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 198,612 ha | 143,955 ha | 237,989 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 270,329 ha | 261,794 ha | 283,455 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 287,156 ha | 282,114 ha | 290,348 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 289,007 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 290,348 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,858 ha in 1987.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.