Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 6,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 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 United Republic of Tanzania is 6,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 25,000 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1997.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,600 ha | -17.0% |
| 1963 | 17,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1966 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | -28.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 13,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1979 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,497 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 6,731 ha | -35.9% |
| 1992 | 6,933 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 8,500 ha | +22.6% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 6,349 ha | -25.3% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,094 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +47.1% | 17,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 1970 | +46.7% | 15,000 ha | 22,000 ha |
| 1997 | -37.0% | 6,349 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 1991 | -35.9% | 10,497 ha | 6,731 ha |
| 1969 | -28.6% | 21,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1973 | -28.0% | 25,000 ha | 18,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,411 ha | 15,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,400 ha | 10,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,901 ha | 4,000 ha | 10,497 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,209 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,100 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,600 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 5 |
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- 5 Kenya 20,000 ha compare
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- 7 Myanmar 15,423 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 6,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1997.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 5th out of 8 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.