Castor oil seeds — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Castor oil seeds — Production was 795.15 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 795.15 t for castor oil seeds — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — production in Western Africa peaked at 1,612 t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 535 t, in 1968.
That places Western Africa 16th out of 24 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,058 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,612 t | +52.4% |
| 1963 | 1,487 t | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 751 t | -49.5% |
| 1965 | 927 t | +23.4% |
| 1966 | 706 t | -23.8% |
| 1967 | 718 t | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 535 t | -25.5% |
| 1969 | 569 t | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 643 t | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 734 t | +14.2% |
| 1972 | 778 t | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 750 t | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 798 t | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 746 t | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 858 t | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 729 t | -15.0% |
| 1978 | 788 t | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 764 t | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 783 t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 850 t | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 800 t | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 770 t | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 735 t | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 780 t | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 800 t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 700 t | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 760 t | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 680 t | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 835 t | +22.8% |
| 1991 | 732.33 t | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 735.03 t | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 737.72 t | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 740.42 t | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 743.12 t | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 745.81 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 748.51 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 751.2 t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 753.9 t | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 756.59 t | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 759.29 t | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 761.98 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 764.68 t | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 767.37 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 770.8 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 773.65 t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 785.14 t | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 777.83 t | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 778.5 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 745.4 t | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 762 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 800 t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 791.93 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 791.03 t | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 788.81 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 792.51 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 795.04 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 792.56 t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 794.78 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 794.76 t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 794.39 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 795.01 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 795.15 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 929.22 t | 535 t | 1,612 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 758.8 t | 643 t | 858 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 765.8 t | 680 t | 850 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 752.3 t | 732.33 t | 835 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 769.58 t | 756.59 t | 785.14 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 785.93 t | 745.4 t | 800 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 794.82 t | 794.39 t | 795.15 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — production in Western Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — production in Western Africa was 795.15 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,612 t in 1962.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 535 t in 1968.
- How does Western Africa rank for castor oil seeds — production?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.