Castor oil seeds — Production in Americas
Americas: Castor oil seeds — Production was 48,740 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — production in Americas stood at 48,740 t.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Americas peaked at 643,453 t in 1974 and was at its lowest, 26,203 t, in 2018.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 383,169 t | 282,482 t | 447,939 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 405,668 t | 259,399 t | 643,453 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 255,070 t | 134,543 t | 447,941 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 93,746 t | 40,999 t | 176,999 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 124,365 t | 88,750 t | 184,006 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,526 t | 26,203 t | 130,650 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,224 t | 48,740 t | 51,965 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Americas?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Americas was 48,740 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 643,453 t in 1974.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,203 t in 2018.
- How does Americas rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.