Castor oil seeds — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Castor oil seeds — Production was 39,844 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 39,844 t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Brazil peaked at 573,123 t in 1974 and was at its lowest, 12,526 t, in 2013.
Brazil ranks 3rd of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 207,801 t | — |
| 1962 | 224,961 t | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 239,860 t | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 310,270 t | +29.4% |
| 1965 | 355,026 t | +14.4% |
| 1966 | 329,324 t | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 355,159 t | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 370,334 t | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 378,398 t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 348,546 t | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 362,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 385,058 t | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 448,703 t | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 573,123 t | +27.7% |
| 1975 | 353,904 t | -38.2% |
| 1976 | 216,868 t | -38.7% |
| 1977 | 224,110 t | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 317,083 t | +41.5% |
| 1979 | 325,149 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 280,688 t | -13.7% |
| 1981 | 291,812 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 192,148 t | -34.2% |
| 1983 | 171,777 t | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 222,678 t | +29.6% |
| 1985 | 417,657 t | +87.6% |
| 1986 | 260,984 t | -37.5% |
| 1987 | 106,702 t | -59.1% |
| 1988 | 144,881 t | +35.8% |
| 1989 | 128,079 t | -11.6% |
| 1990 | 147,971 t | +15.5% |
| 1991 | 129,678 t | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 102,120 t | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 43,188 t | -57.7% |
| 1994 | 54,039 t | +25.1% |
| 1995 | 33,149 t | -38.7% |
| 1996 | 41,346 t | +24.7% |
| 1997 | 97,445 t | +135.7% |
| 1998 | 16,683 t | -82.9% |
| 1999 | 33,357 t | +99.9% |
| 2000 | 112,497 t | +237.3% |
| 2001 | 99,950 t | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 75,961 t | -24.0% |
| 2003 | 83,682 t | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 138,745 t | +65.8% |
| 2005 | 168,802 t | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 95,000 t | -43.7% |
| 2007 | 98,142 t | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 122,140 t | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 91,076 t | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 95,183 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 120,166 t | +26.2% |
| 2012 | 25,989 t | -78.4% |
| 2013 | 12,526 t | -51.8% |
| 2014 | 37,582 t | +200.0% |
| 2015 | 46,735 t | +24.4% |
| 2016 | 24,620 t | -47.3% |
| 2017 | 13,481 t | -45.2% |
| 2018 | 14,224 t | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 27,412 t | +92.7% |
| 2020 | 35,800 t | +30.6% |
| 2021 | 35,195 t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 41,639 t | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 43,064 t | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 39,844 t | -7.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 39,844 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50 t, 796.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 39,844 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.5 t, 5312.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Production in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +237.3% | 33,357 t | 112,497 t |
| 2014 | +200.0% | 12,526 t | 37,582 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307,904 t | 207,801 t | 378,398 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 355,454 t | 216,868 t | 573,123 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,741 t | 106,702 t | 417,657 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,898 t | 16,683 t | 147,971 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 108,600 t | 75,961 t | 168,802 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,792 t | 12,526 t | 120,166 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,108 t | 35,195 t | 43,064 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 India 1.59 million t compare
- 2 Mozambique 73,598 t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 7,000 t compare
- 4 USSR 20,700 t compare
- 5 China 20,000 t compare
- 5 China, mainland 20,000 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 3,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Brazil?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Brazil was 39,844 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 573,123 t in 1974.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,526 t in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.