Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 43,691 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 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-Eastern Asia is 43,691 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 60.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 80,478 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 27,182 ha, in 2014.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 24 groups on this measure, 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-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,433 ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 57,290 ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 50,900 ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 44,280 ha | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 52,765 ha | +19.2% |
| 1967 | 56,125 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 47,020 ha | -16.2% |
| 1969 | 49,445 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 61,796 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 54,927 ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 62,275 ha | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 62,174 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 54,472 ha | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 61,155 ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 57,142 ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 66,301 ha | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 59,907 ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 68,617 ha | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 69,416 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 77,633 ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 72,870 ha | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 65,531 ha | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 71,516 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 79,494 ha | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 67,344 ha | -15.3% |
| 1987 | 60,604 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 80,478 ha | +32.8% |
| 1989 | 72,977 ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 70,859 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 70,986 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 73,302 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 74,414 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 30,416 ha | -59.1% |
| 1995 | 31,284 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 33,734 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 33,202 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 43,740 ha | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 37,384 ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 36,271 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 43,560 ha | +20.1% |
| 2002 | 37,580 ha | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 45,122 ha | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 40,638 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 41,792 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 42,048 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 43,646 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 44,002 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 45,466 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 43,610 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 47,061 ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 32,469 ha | -31.0% |
| 2013 | 29,304 ha | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 27,182 ha | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 29,100 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 40,896 ha | +40.5% |
| 2017 | 40,785 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 41,217 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 40,967 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 43,316 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 42,748 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 44,412 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 42,981 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 43,691 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,158 ha | 44,280 ha | 60,433 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,877 ha | 54,472 ha | 68,617 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,786 ha | 60,604 ha | 80,478 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,932 ha | 30,416 ha | 74,414 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,012 ha | 36,271 ha | 45,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,259 ha | 27,182 ha | 47,061 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,430 ha | 42,748 ha | 44,412 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 6 Angola 16,525 ha compare
- 7 Myanmar 15,423 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 14,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 ha compare
- 10 China 10,000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 43,691 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-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 80,478 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,182 ha in 2014.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.