Castor oil seeds — Yield in Africa
Africa: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 434.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 434.9 kg/ha for castor oil seeds — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Africa peaked at 598.9 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 350.5 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Africa 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 541.7 kg/ha | 511.9 kg/ha | 597.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 525.12 kg/ha | 455.2 kg/ha | 598.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 496.52 kg/ha | 475.8 kg/ha | 506.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 409.91 kg/ha | 370.4 kg/ha | 497.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 370.61 kg/ha | 350.5 kg/ha | 387.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 401.19 kg/ha | 384.2 kg/ha | 415.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 427.76 kg/ha | 418.1 kg/ha | 434.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Africa was 434.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 598.9 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 350.5 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Africa rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — Yield. 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.