Castor oil seeds — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Castor oil seeds — Production was 132,340 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 132,340 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 132,578 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 38,946 t, in 1987.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,858 t | — |
| 1962 | 62,156 t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 67,047 t | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 64,817 t | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 70,810 t | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 85,362 t | +20.6% |
| 1967 | 82,672 t | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 71,244 t | -13.8% |
| 1969 | 68,730 t | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 62,398 t | -9.2% |
| 1971 | 66,374 t | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 60,233 t | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 53,951 t | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 54,727 t | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 56,311 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 48,988 t | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 42,657 t | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 64,801 t | +51.9% |
| 1979 | 49,692 t | -23.3% |
| 1980 | 51,102 t | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 51,514 t | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 59,898 t | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 59,297 t | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 57,080 t | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 56,962 t | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 47,284 t | -17.0% |
| 1987 | 38,946 t | -17.6% |
| 1988 | 48,029 t | +23.3% |
| 1989 | 55,163 t | +14.9% |
| 1990 | 60,547 t | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 49,871 t | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 54,628 t | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 47,334 t | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 53,604 t | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 54,392 t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 51,024 t | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 50,536 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 53,648 t | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 51,009 t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 53,103 t | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 58,789 t | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 63,269 t | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 71,071 t | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 75,222 t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 80,318 t | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 83,621 t | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 92,378 t | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 96,561 t | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 99,205 t | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 109,983 t | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 111,272 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 115,302 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 115,921 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 112,524 t | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 119,806 t | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 113,542 t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 113,487 t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 119,609 t | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 117,538 t | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 123,823 t | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 126,310 t | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 132,578 t | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 130,493 t | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 132,340 t | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +51.9% | 42,657 t | 64,801 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,522 t | 61,858 t | 85,362 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,013 t | 42,657 t | 66,374 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,527 t | 38,946 t | 59,898 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,659 t | 47,334 t | 60,547 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,354 t | 53,103 t | 99,205 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,898 t | 109,983 t | 119,806 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 129,109 t | 123,823 t | 132,578 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 132,340 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 132,578 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,946 t in 1987.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.