Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 9,031 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — area harvested in South Africa is 9,031 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 33,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 5,200 ha, in 1968.
That places South Africa 12th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,000 ha | +94.1% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | -54.5% |
| 1964 | 22,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1966 | 6,600 ha | -73.6% |
| 1967 | 6,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 5,200 ha | -24.6% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,125 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 6,224 ha | -23.4% |
| 1992 | 6,359 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 6,494 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 6,628 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 6,763 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 6,897 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 7,058 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 7,156 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,306 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 7,450 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 7,560 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 7,648 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 7,721 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 7,750 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 7,744 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,748 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 7,768 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 7,813 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,888 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 7,911 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 8,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 8,795 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 8,559 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 8,626 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 8,631 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,676 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 8,730 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,793 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 8,964 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 8,942 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,986 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 9,031 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,411 ha | 5,200 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,900 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,901 ha | 6,224 ha | 8,125 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,709 ha | 7,450 ha | 7,888 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,463 ha | 7,911 ha | 8,795 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,943 ha | 8,793 ha | 9,031 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 ha compare
- 10 China 10,000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 7,891 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 5,970 ha compare
- 15 Indonesia 4,746 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in South Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in South Africa was 9,031 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,200 ha in 1968.
- How does South Africa rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 12th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.