Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 3,999 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Pakistan stood at 3,999 ha.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and up 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 45,986 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 573 ha, in 1987.
Pakistan ranks 17th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,500 ha | +18.8% |
| 1963 | 10,100 ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 12,200 ha | +20.8% |
| 1965 | 12,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 17,600 ha | +40.8% |
| 1967 | 17,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 17,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 11,050 ha | -36.1% |
| 1976 | 15,243 ha | +37.9% |
| 1977 | 17,327 ha | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 45,986 ha | +165.4% |
| 1979 | 23,148 ha | -49.7% |
| 1980 | 23,460 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 22,475 ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 31,499 ha | +40.2% |
| 1983 | 29,873 ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 26,545 ha | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 26,833 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 15,102 ha | -43.7% |
| 1987 | 573 ha | -96.2% |
| 1988 | 13,102 ha | +2186.6% |
| 1989 | 15,696 ha | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 15,111 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 3,050 ha | -79.8% |
| 1992 | 7,784 ha | +155.2% |
| 1993 | 2,158 ha | -72.3% |
| 1994 | 10,008 ha | +363.8% |
| 1995 | 11,410 ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 6,301 ha | -44.8% |
| 1997 | 7,072 ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 7,940 ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 4,319 ha | -45.6% |
| 2000 | 2,122 ha | -50.9% |
| 2001 | 2,649 ha | +24.8% |
| 2002 | 1,900 ha | -28.3% |
| 2003 | 3,934 ha | +107.1% |
| 2004 | 3,398 ha | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 3,204 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 5,066 ha | +58.1% |
| 2007 | 3,567 ha | -29.6% |
| 2008 | 8,216 ha | +130.3% |
| 2009 | 1,355 ha | -83.5% |
| 2010 | 3,394 ha | +150.5% |
| 2011 | 3,651 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 4,061 ha | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 3,818 ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 2,456 ha | -35.7% |
| 2015 | 1,795 ha | -26.9% |
| 2016 | 1,741 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 1,741 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,551 ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 984 ha | -36.6% |
| 2020 | 2,993 ha | +204.2% |
| 2021 | 4,131 ha | +38.0% |
| 2022 | 4,946 ha | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 5,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 3,999 ha | -20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,211 ha | 8,000 ha | 17,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,805 ha | 11,050 ha | 45,986 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,516 ha | 573 ha | 31,499 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,515 ha | 2,158 ha | 15,111 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,541 ha | 1,355 ha | 8,216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,519 ha | 984 ha | 4,061 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,214 ha | 2,993 ha | 5,000 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Pakistan was 3,999 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 45,986 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 573 ha in 1987.
- How does Pakistan rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 17th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.