Castor oil seeds — Yield in Americas
Americas: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 883.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — yield in Americas is 883.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Americas peaked at 1,008 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 399.2 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Americas 10th 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 — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 786.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 832.7 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 820.5 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 900.4 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 905.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 950.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 977.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 957.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 993.3 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 916.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1971 | 1,001 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 1,008 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 909.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 888 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 877.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 813.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 878.4 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 897.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 865.2 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 659 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1981 | 663.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 449.1 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1983 | 663.7 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1984 | 576.9 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1985 | 847.2 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1986 | 599.5 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1987 | 460.4 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 575.7 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 529 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 560.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 599 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 625.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 430.9 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1994 | 614.2 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1995 | 589.7 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 432 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1997 | 687.9 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 1998 | 485.2 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1999 | 399.2 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 571.3 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2001 | 620 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 648.7 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 659.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 822.6 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2005 | 749.2 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 660.1 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 636.4 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 805.7 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2009 | 620.4 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2010 | 654.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 599.2 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 431.8 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2013 | 498.7 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 671.5 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2015 | 649.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 722 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 479.7 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 2018 | 460.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 622.8 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2020 | 880.1 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2021 | 889.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 897.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 902.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 883.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 902.76 kg/ha | 786.5 kg/ha | 993.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 905.36 kg/ha | 813.2 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 602.44 kg/ha | 449.1 kg/ha | 847.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 542.44 kg/ha | 399.2 kg/ha | 687.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 679.39 kg/ha | 571.3 kg/ha | 822.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 579.05 kg/ha | 431.8 kg/ha | 722 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 890.88 kg/ha | 880.1 kg/ha | 902.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 7 Ecuador 1,638 kg/ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 1,500 kg/ha compare
- 9 Peru 1,360 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 1,043 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 827.3 kg/ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 1,010 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Paraguay 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Romania 1,000 kg/ha compare
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Americas?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Americas was 883.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1,008 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 399.2 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Americas rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.