Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 4,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 4,000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 27,700 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 2023.
Paraguay ranks 16th 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11,200 ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 8,700 ha | -22.3% |
| 1967 | 4,170 ha | -52.1% |
| 1968 | 5,400 ha | +29.5% |
| 1969 | 8,610 ha | +59.4% |
| 1970 | 13,330 ha | +54.8% |
| 1971 | 13,846 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 19,346 ha | +39.7% |
| 1973 | 19,259 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 23,527 ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | -23.5% |
| 1976 | 21,071 ha | +17.1% |
| 1977 | 21,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 19,845 ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 22,166 ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 23,302 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 13,888 ha | -40.4% |
| 1982 | 27,000 ha | +94.4% |
| 1983 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 27,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 20,600 ha | -25.6% |
| 1986 | 19,100 ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 16,900 ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 20,100 ha | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 19,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 17,600 ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 15,800 ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 11,990 ha | -24.1% |
| 1993 | 11,626 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 11,948 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 12,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 11,124 ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 11,237 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 12,440 ha | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 6,054 ha | -51.3% |
| 2000 | 9,847 ha | +62.7% |
| 2001 | 10,353 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 5,760 ha | -44.4% |
| 2003 | 8,019 ha | +39.2% |
| 2004 | 9,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,000 ha | -54.5% |
| 2011 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,176 ha | 4,170 ha | 12,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,219 ha | 13,330 ha | 23,527 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,489 ha | 13,888 ha | 27,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,182 ha | 6,054 ha | 17,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,498 ha | 5,760 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,200 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,600 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Paraguay was 4,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 27,700 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 2023.
- How does Paraguay rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 16th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.