Castor oil seeds — Production in Europe
Europe: Castor oil seeds — Production was 177.23 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Europe recorded 177.23 t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and down 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Europe peaked at 103,428 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 7.7 t, in 2020.
Europe ranks 17th of 24 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,342 t | — |
| 1962 | 39,352 t | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 54,985 t | +39.7% |
| 1964 | 61,708 t | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 82,295 t | +33.4% |
| 1966 | 93,779 t | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 103,428 t | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 100,417 t | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 88,066 t | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 78,286 t | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 80,734 t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 63,012 t | -22.0% |
| 1973 | 99,219 t | +57.5% |
| 1974 | 85,826 t | -13.5% |
| 1975 | 77,922 t | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 48,215 t | -38.1% |
| 1977 | 49,602 t | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 48,700 t | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 66,700 t | +37.0% |
| 1980 | 33,400 t | -49.9% |
| 1981 | 47,243 t | +41.4% |
| 1982 | 97,431 t | +106.2% |
| 1983 | 67,400 t | -30.8% |
| 1984 | 70,179 t | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 69,746 t | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 77,623 t | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 71,132 t | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 66,022 t | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 49,755 t | -24.6% |
| 1990 | 49,466 t | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 21,417 t | -56.7% |
| 1992 | 6,822 t | -68.1% |
| 1993 | 6,766 t | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,060 t | -69.6% |
| 1995 | 2,140 t | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 2,456 t | +14.8% |
| 1997 | 2,110 t | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 2,251 t | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 2,220 t | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 2,100 t | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 2,040 t | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 2,050 t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 500 t | -75.6% |
| 2004 | 472.56 t | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 820 t | +73.5% |
| 2006 | 772 t | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 329 t | -57.4% |
| 2008 | 640 t | +94.5% |
| 2009 | 350 t | -45.3% |
| 2010 | 286 t | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 230 t | -19.6% |
| 2012 | 484 t | +110.4% |
| 2016 | 32 t | -93.4% |
| 2017 | 111.65 t | +248.9% |
| 2018 | 81 t | -27.5% |
| 2019 | 319.3 t | +294.2% |
| 2020 | 7.7 t | -97.6% |
| 2021 | 124.61 t | +1518.3% |
| 2022 | 71 t | -43.0% |
| 2023 | 157.37 t | +121.6% |
| 2024 | 177.23 t | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,041 t | 39,352 t | 103,428 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,822 t | 48,215 t | 99,219 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,993 t | 33,400 t | 97,431 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,771 t | 2,060 t | 49,466 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,007 t | 329 t | 2,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 220.56 t | 32 t | 484 t | 7 |
| 2020s | 107.58 t | 7.7 t | 177.23 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Europe?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Europe was 177.23 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 103,428 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7 t in 2020.
- How does Europe rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Europe ranks 17th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.