Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 1,998 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 1,998 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 4,025 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 1971.
That places Western Africa 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,025 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,954 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,335 ha | -15.7% |
| 1964 | 1,930 ha | -42.1% |
| 1965 | 2,510 ha | +30.1% |
| 1966 | 2,012 ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 1,540 ha | -23.5% |
| 1968 | 1,250 ha | -18.8% |
| 1969 | 1,390 ha | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 1,285 ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 1,150 ha | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 1,450 ha | +26.1% |
| 1973 | 1,250 ha | -13.8% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,650 ha | +22.2% |
| 1978 | 1,680 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1,650 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,750 ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 1,720 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 1,750 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 1,660 ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,720 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,650 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,844 ha | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 1,594 ha | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 1,609 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 1,625 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,641 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,657 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,673 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,690 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1,707 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,724 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,742 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,760 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,778 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,797 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,813 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1,823 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,848 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,895 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1,850 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 1,847 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,727 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 1,857 ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 2,045 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 2,045 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,996 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 1,988 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,005 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 2,025 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,038 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,009 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,024 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,013 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,006 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,005 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,998 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,438 ha | 1,250 ha | 4,025 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,412 ha | 1,150 ha | 1,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,692 ha | 1,650 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,676 ha | 1,594 ha | 1,844 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,815 ha | 1,742 ha | 1,895 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,974 ha | 1,727 ha | 2,045 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,009 ha | 1,998 ha | 2,024 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Africa was 1,998 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,025 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 1971.
- How does Western Africa rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.