Castor oil seeds — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 500 kg/ha in 1979. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Argentina, 1961–1979
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 500 kg/ha for castor oil seeds — yield in 1979.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Argentina peaked at 1,331 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 357.7 kg/ha, in 1974.
Argentina ranks 30th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 754.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 813.3 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 696.7 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 584.4 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1965 | 637.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 606.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 661.4 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 736.6 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 962.5 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1970 | 656.5 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1971 | 690.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 621.3 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 735.4 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1974 | 357.7 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 1975 | 1,331 kg/ha | +272.0% |
| 1976 | 1,082 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1977 | 642.9 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | -50.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 500 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 500 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 725.05 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +272.0% | 357.7 kg/ha | 1,331 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 717.01 kg/ha | 584.4 kg/ha | 962.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 761.72 kg/ha | 357.7 kg/ha | 1,331 kg/ha | 10 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Argentina?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Argentina was 500 kg/ha in 1979, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 1,331 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 357.7 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Argentina rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Argentina ranks 30th out of 43 countries with data for 1979.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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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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.