Castor oil seeds — Production in Paraguay
Paraguay: Castor oil seeds — Production was 4,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Production in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — production in Paraguay stood at 4,000 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Paraguay peaked at 28,691 t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 4,000 t, in 2023.
That places Paraguay 15th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,000 t | -22.2% |
| 1964 | 12,500 t | -10.7% |
| 1965 | 14,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 10,450 t | -25.4% |
| 1967 | 5,000 t | -52.2% |
| 1968 | 7,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1969 | 11,200 t | +60.0% |
| 1970 | 15,500 t | +38.4% |
| 1971 | 18,000 t | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 25,150 t | +39.7% |
| 1973 | 17,271 t | -31.3% |
| 1974 | 24,333 t | +40.9% |
| 1975 | 17,000 t | -30.1% |
| 1976 | 18,452 t | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 23,501 t | +27.4% |
| 1978 | 21,785 t | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 22,269 t | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 23,068 t | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 13,778 t | -40.3% |
| 1982 | 22,000 t | +59.7% |
| 1983 | 24,993 t | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 28,691 t | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 23,730 t | -17.3% |
| 1986 | 21,357 t | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 19,091 t | -10.6% |
| 1988 | 21,325 t | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 21,965 t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 19,703 t | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 17,674 t | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 14,140 t | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 16,161 t | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 16,511 t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 16,639 t | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 14,789 t | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 15,762 t | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 18,465 t | +17.1% |
| 1999 | 7,970 t | -56.8% |
| 2000 | 11,074 t | +38.9% |
| 2001 | 12,682 t | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 7,004 t | -44.8% |
| 2003 | 9,739 t | +39.0% |
| 2004 | 10,800 t | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 11,500 t | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 10,500 t | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,000 t | +23.8% |
| 2009 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,000 t | -53.8% |
| 2011 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10,000 t | +66.7% |
| 2013 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 9,000 t | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 8,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 6,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,000 t | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 5,000 t | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 4,000 t | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,239 t | 5,000 t | 18,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,326 t | 15,500 t | 25,150 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,000 t | 13,778 t | 28,691 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,781 t | 7,970 t | 19,703 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,980 t | 7,004 t | 13,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,600 t | 6,000 t | 11,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,200 t | 4,000 t | 7,000 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Paraguay?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Paraguay was 4,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 28,691 t in 1984.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 t in 2023.
- How does Paraguay rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Paraguay ranks 15th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.