Castor oil seeds — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Castor oil seeds — Production was 1.59 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.59 million t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Southern Asia peaked at 2.30 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 99,347 t, in 1965.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,203 t | — |
| 1962 | 116,315 t | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 119,803 t | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 126,347 t | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 99,347 t | -21.4% |
| 1966 | 133,211 t | +34.1% |
| 1967 | 143,403 t | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 136,964 t | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 144,269 t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 158,384 t | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 176,243 t | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 166,602 t | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 248,802 t | +49.3% |
| 1974 | 228,550 t | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 155,352 t | -32.0% |
| 1976 | 194,405 t | +25.1% |
| 1977 | 234,090 t | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 268,952 t | +14.9% |
| 1979 | 247,434 t | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 224,049 t | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 328,599 t | +46.7% |
| 1982 | 371,011 t | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 429,597 t | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 492,118 t | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 330,922 t | -32.8% |
| 1986 | 241,524 t | -27.0% |
| 1987 | 195,941 t | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 424,410 t | +116.6% |
| 1989 | 527,713 t | +24.3% |
| 1990 | 726,392 t | +37.6% |
| 1991 | 578,977 t | -20.3% |
| 1992 | 629,231 t | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 636,599 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 853,273 t | +34.0% |
| 1995 | 786,136 t | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 902,556 t | +14.8% |
| 1997 | 836,960 t | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 848,065 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 772,651 t | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 883,429 t | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 652,672 t | -26.1% |
| 2002 | 431,078 t | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 799,215 t | +85.4% |
| 2004 | 795,302 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 993,498 t | +24.9% |
| 2006 | 764,912 t | -23.0% |
| 2007 | 1.06 million t | +38.1% |
| 2008 | 1.18 million t | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 1.01 million t | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 1.35 million t | +33.5% |
| 2011 | 2.30 million t | +69.8% |
| 2012 | 1.97 million t | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 1.73 million t | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 1.87 million t | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 1.75 million t | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.38 million t | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 1.57 million t | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million t | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 1.84 million t | +53.8% |
| 2020 | 1.65 million t | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 1.62 million t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.98 million t | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 1.96 million t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.59 million t | -18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126,985 t | 99,347 t | 144,269 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 207,881 t | 155,352 t | 268,952 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 356,588 t | 195,941 t | 527,713 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 757,084 t | 578,977 t | 902,556 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 856,558 t | 431,078 t | 1.18 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.70 million t | 1.20 million t | 2.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.76 million t | 1.59 million t | 1.98 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Southern Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Southern Asia was 1.59 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.30 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,347 t in 1965.
- How does Southern Asia rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.