Castor oil seeds — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Castor oil seeds — Production is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1.59 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,000 t, and the mean is 36,709 t.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 2,344.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 100.0%).
Castor oil seeds — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.59 million t | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Mozambique | 73,598 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 39,844 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 7,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 20,700 t | 1991 | down 50.7% | flat |
| 5 | China, mainland | 20,000 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 20,000 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 7 | Kenya | 15,000 t | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,568 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia PDR | 13,700 t | 1992 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 27.32 t | 2024 | up 355.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 12,594 t | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 12,000 t | 2024 | up 2,344.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 11,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | South Africa | 6,609 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 13 | Angola | 4,228 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 13 | Caribbean | 1,606 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 4,040 t | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Paraguay | 4,000 t | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 16 | Ecuador | 3,275 t | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Madagascar | 2,821 t | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Haiti | 1,606 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 19 | Cambodia | 1,285 t | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 71.9 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 20 | Sudan | 1,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Uganda | 1,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 1,000 t | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Benin | 641.88 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 518 t | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 278.07 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 177.23 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 166.16 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 28 | Togo | 81.37 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Yugoslav SFR | 81 t | 1991 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 50 t | 2002 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | 31.6 t | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 15 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 0.13 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Italy | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Libya | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Hungary | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 0 t | 1984 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0 t | 1985 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 0 t | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 0 t | 1998 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 34 | El Salvador | 0 t | 1995 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.82 million t
- Asia 1.65 million t
- Southern Asia 1.59 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 113,134 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 132,340 t
- Africa 119,217 t
- Middle Africa 4,228 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 111,316 t
- Eastern Africa 106,419 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,678 t
- Americas 48,740 t
- South America 47,119 t
- South-Eastern Asia 33,429 t
- Eastern Asia 20,000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 16,000 t
- Southern Africa 6,609 t
- Western Asia 1,568 t
- Northern Africa 1,166 t
- Western Africa 795.15 t
- Eastern Europe 177.23 t
- Europe 177.23 t
- European Union (27) 20 t
- Central America 15 t
- Northern America 0 t
- United States of America 0 t
- Southern Europe 0 t
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.