Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 3,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Uganda stood at 3,000 ha.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 5,700 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2,400 ha, in 1975.
That places Uganda 18th 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,700 ha | +54.1% |
| 1963 | 5,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 4,100 ha | -26.8% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 4,650 ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 2,400 ha | -36.8% |
| 1976 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,083 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 3,038 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | -17.7% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 2,710 ha | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 2,410 ha | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 2,708 ha | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 2,772 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 2,840 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 2,830 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,854 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,881 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 2,898 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,439 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,180 ha | 2,400 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,670 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,789 ha | 2,410 ha | 3,083 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,963 ha | 2,854 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Uganda?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Uganda was 3,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 5,700 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,400 ha in 1975.
- How does Uganda rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 18th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.