Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 832,295 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 832,295 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.5% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.47 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 393,232 ha, in 1975.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 507,405 ha | — |
| 1962 | 495,905 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 511,505 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 470,605 ha | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 434,905 ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 435,905 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 473,805 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 427,225 ha | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 435,326 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 473,039 ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 487,689 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 460,750 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 577,946 ha | +25.4% |
| 1974 | 617,876 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 393,232 ha | -36.4% |
| 1976 | 518,387 ha | +31.8% |
| 1977 | 404,399 ha | -22.0% |
| 1978 | 500,258 ha | +23.7% |
| 1979 | 467,498 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 523,450 ha | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 582,412 ha | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 613,879 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 655,034 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 698,320 ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 664,258 ha | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 593,552 ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 480,788 ha | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 645,274 ha | +34.2% |
| 1989 | 718,371 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 825,517 ha | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 715,186 ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 667,955 ha | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 687,099 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 789,740 ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 800,707 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 737,554 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 650,728 ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 692,609 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 786,751 ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million ha | +37.8% |
| 2001 | 718,568 ha | -33.7% |
| 2002 | 588,313 ha | -18.1% |
| 2003 | 721,159 ha | +22.6% |
| 2004 | 749,417 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 866,312 ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 633,247 ha | -26.9% |
| 2007 | 790,906 ha | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 874,864 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 743,055 ha | -15.1% |
| 2010 | 884,102 ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million ha | +66.8% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million ha | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 1.09 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 810,056 ha | -23.8% |
| 2017 | 826,262 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 753,272 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 1.05 million ha | +39.1% |
| 2020 | 890,892 ha | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 835,516 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.02 million ha | +22.6% |
| 2023 | 1.05 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 832,295 ha | -20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 465,843 ha | 427,225 ha | 511,505 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 490,107 ha | 393,232 ha | 617,876 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 617,534 ha | 480,788 ha | 718,371 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 735,385 ha | 650,728 ha | 825,517 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 777,009 ha | 588,313 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 753,272 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 925,963 ha | 832,295 ha | 1.05 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Southern Asia was 832,295 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 393,232 ha in 1975.
- How does Southern Asia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.