Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 45 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 45 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 27,500 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 45 ha, in 2023.
That places Philippines 31st out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366.67 ha | 160 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,596 ha | 300 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,580 ha | 8,900 ha | 27,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,360 ha | 3,800 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,934 ha | 144 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.1 ha | 57 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.2 ha | 45 ha | 54 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 28 Morocco 278 ha compare
- 29 Ukraine 90 ha compare
- 30 Yugoslav SFR 54 ha compare
- 32 Mexico 5 ha compare
- 33 Argentina 0 ha compare
- 33 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
- 33 Burundi 0 ha compare
- 33 Dominican Republic 0 ha compare
- 33 El Salvador 0 ha compare
- 33 Hungary 0 ha compare
- 33 Italy 0 ha compare
- 33 Libya 0 ha compare
- 33 Nicaragua 0 ha compare
- 33 Peru 0 ha compare
- 33 Republic of Korea 0 ha compare
- 33 Romania 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Philippines?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Philippines was 45 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 27,500 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 ha in 2023.
- How does Philippines rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 31st out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.