Castor oil seeds — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Castor oil seeds — Production was 15,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 15,000 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 400.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Kenya peaked at 15,000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,978 t, in 1971.
Kenya ranks 7th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 4,498 t | 3,000 t | 7,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,201 t | 1,978 t | 3,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,400 t | 2,700 t | 4,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,632 t | 2,717 t | 4,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,008 t | 3,000 t | 3,024 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,100 t | 3,000 t | 4,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,400 t | 8,000 t | 15,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 4 USSR 20,700 t compare
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 20,000 t compare
- 5 China, mainland 20,000 t compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 t compare
- 9 Myanmar 12,594 t compare
- 10 Thailand 12,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Kenya?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Kenya was 15,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,978 t in 1971.
- How does Kenya rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Kenya ranks 7th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 400.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya 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.