Castor oil seeds — Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Castor oil seeds — Production was 278.07 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Production in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — production in Bangladesh is 278.07 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Bangladesh peaked at 366 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 150 t, in 1974.
That places Bangladesh 25th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203 t | — |
| 1962 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 203 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 264 t | +30.0% |
| 1969 | 269 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 284 t | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 243 t | -14.4% |
| 1972 | 202 t | -16.9% |
| 1973 | 202 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 150 t | -25.7% |
| 1975 | 166 t | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 189 t | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 215 t | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 203 t | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 198 t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 366 t | +84.8% |
| 1981 | 284 t | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 260 t | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 280 t | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 t | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 280 t | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 360 t | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 320 t | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 255 t | -20.3% |
| 1991 | 180 t | -29.4% |
| 1992 | 185 t | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 161 t | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 195 t | +21.1% |
| 1995 | 195 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 195 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 265 t | +35.9% |
| 1998 | 280 t | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 250 t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 280 t | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 270 t | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 270 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 290 t | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 300 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 335 t | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 335 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 226 t | -32.5% |
| 2009 | 200 t | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 216.34 t | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 268.22 t | +24.0% |
| 2012 | 264.12 t | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 265.83 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 268.21 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 263.81 t | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 265.35 t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 269.37 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 275.54 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 282.52 t | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 275.81 t | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 277.95 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 278.76 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 277.51 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 278.07 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 217.11 t | 203 t | 269 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.2 t | 150 t | 284 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 301 t | 260 t | 366 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 216.1 t | 161 t | 280 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 280.6 t | 200 t | 335 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 263.93 t | 216.34 t | 282.52 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 277.62 t | 275.81 t | 278.76 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Bangladesh?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Bangladesh was 278.07 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 366 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 t in 1974.
- How does Bangladesh rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Bangladesh ranks 25th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.