Castor oil seeds — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Castor oil seeds — Production was 111,316 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 111,316 t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 111,316 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25,646 t, in 1978.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,473 t | — |
| 1962 | 38,570 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 42,904 t | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 39,104 t | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 47,855 t | +22.4% |
| 1966 | 58,428 t | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 56,926 t | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 48,514 t | -14.8% |
| 1969 | 52,969 t | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 45,619 t | -13.9% |
| 1971 | 49,574 t | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 43,430 t | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 37,120 t | -14.5% |
| 1974 | 37,391 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 44,131 t | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 34,009 t | -22.9% |
| 1977 | 25,778 t | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 25,646 t | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 28,104 t | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 28,279 t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 30,020 t | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 30,585 t | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 30,125 t | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 30,005 t | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 30,105 t | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 31,725 t | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 33,575 t | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 34,336 t | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 35,457 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 41,415 t | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 39,145 t | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 39,904 t | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 36,879 t | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 37,868 t | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 37,557 t | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 37,821 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 36,701 t | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 39,028 t | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 39,696 t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 43,090 t | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 47,861 t | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 53,004 t | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 58,372 t | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 62,684 t | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 66,863 t | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 67,131 t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 74,834 t | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 73,914 t | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 78,169 t | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 88,170 t | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 89,872 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 93,792 t | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 95,481 t | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 94,601 t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 100,919 t | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 95,420 t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 95,586 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 101,502 t | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 99,565 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 104,182 t | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 105,482 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 111,099 t | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 110,279 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 111,316 t | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,083 t | 38,473 t | 58,428 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,080 t | 25,646 t | 49,574 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,421 t | 28,279 t | 35,457 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,602 t | 36,701 t | 41,415 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,592 t | 43,090 t | 78,169 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,491 t | 88,170 t | 101,502 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 108,472 t | 104,182 t | 111,316 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 Mozambique 73,598 t compare
- 3 Brazil 39,844 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
- 7 Kenya 15,000 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,568 t compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 13,700 t compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27.32 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 111,316 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 111,316 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,646 t in 1978.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.