Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 14,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Thailand stood at 14,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 2,241.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 60,960 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 593 ha, in 2015.
Thailand ranks 8th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,000 ha | +24.4% |
| 1963 | 44,640 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 37,920 ha | -15.1% |
| 1965 | 33,120 ha | -12.7% |
| 1966 | 41,600 ha | +25.6% |
| 1967 | 45,760 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 36,640 ha | -19.9% |
| 1969 | 35,520 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 44,000 ha | +23.9% |
| 1971 | 41,600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 42,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 45,120 ha | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 31,680 ha | -29.8% |
| 1975 | 36,992 ha | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 44,960 ha | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 38,544 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 43,424 ha | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 49,840 ha | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 42,240 ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 44,336 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 44,080 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 42,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 42,768 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 42,768 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 44,640 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 42,139 ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 60,960 ha | +44.7% |
| 1989 | 47,167 ha | -22.6% |
| 1990 | 43,840 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 44,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 47,840 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 48,480 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 11,680 ha | -75.9% |
| 1995 | 11,520 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 11,040 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 11,520 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 12,640 ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 12,640 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,471 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 12,860 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 13,114 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 13,270 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 12,674 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 13,407 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 12,916 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 13,015 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 13,136 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 13,253 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 12,780 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 13,241 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 3,167 ha | -76.1% |
| 2013 | 665 ha | -79.0% |
| 2014 | 598 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 593 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 13,000 ha | +2092.2% |
| 2017 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,396 ha | 33,120 ha | 45,760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,816 ha | 31,680 ha | 49,840 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,390 ha | 42,139 ha | 60,960 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,600 ha | 11,040 ha | 48,480 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,012 ha | 12,471 ha | 13,407 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,304 ha | 593 ha | 13,241 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,600 ha | 13,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Thailand?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Thailand was 14,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 60,960 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 593 ha in 2015.
- How does Thailand rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 8th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,241.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.