Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 676 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 676 ha for castor oil seeds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 711 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1996.
Western Asia ranks 16th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 50 ha | -50.0% |
| 1969 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 20 ha | -60.0% |
| 1972 | 32 ha | +60.0% |
| 1973 | 270 ha | +743.8% |
| 1974 | 178 ha | -34.1% |
| 1975 | 307 ha | +72.5% |
| 1976 | 66 ha | -78.5% |
| 1977 | 80 ha | +21.2% |
| 1978 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20 ha | -75.0% |
| 1981 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10 ha | -50.0% |
| 1983 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 14 ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 20 ha | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 22 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 25 ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 18 ha | -40.0% |
| 1996 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1997 | 0 ha | — |
| 1998 | 0 ha | — |
| 1999 | 0 ha | — |
| 2000 | 0 ha | — |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 118 ha | — |
| 2003 | 162 ha | +37.3% |
| 2004 | 213 ha | +31.5% |
| 2005 | 227 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2007 | 675 ha | — |
| 2008 | 546 ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 637 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 596 ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 615 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 700 ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 711 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 699 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 676 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 695 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 663 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 678 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 679 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 673 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 677 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 676 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.44 ha | 50 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 116.3 ha | 20 ha | 307 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.6 ha | 10 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.2 ha | 0 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 257.8 ha | 0 ha | 675 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 675.5 ha | 596 ha | 711 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 676.6 ha | 673 ha | 679 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Western Asia was 676 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 711 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1996.
- How does Western Asia rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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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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.