Castor oil seeds — Production in Asia
Asia: Castor oil seeds — Production was 1.65 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Asia recorded 1.65 million t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024.
The figure is down 18.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Asia peaked at 2.51 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 200,561 t, in 1961.
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 | 252,242 t | 200,561 t | 327,303 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 339,221 t | 276,223 t | 416,279 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 621,872 t | 392,730 t | 844,155 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 million t | 954,160 t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 million t | 721,018 t | 1.40 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.80 million t | 1.26 million t | 2.51 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.81 million t | 1.65 million t | 2.03 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Yield 43,044 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Asia was 1.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.51 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,561 t in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.