Castor oil seeds — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 858 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 858 kg/ha for castor oil seeds — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Brazil peaked at 1,022 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 263.8 kg/ha, in 1998.
Brazil ranks 16th of 43 countries on this measure, 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 733.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 791.6 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 780.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 892.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 900.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 948.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 984.9 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 982.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,002 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 914.9 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 1,003 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 1,022 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 904.6 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1974 | 894.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 887.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 812.9 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1977 | 881.2 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 905.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 867.5 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 637.2 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1981 | 652.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 416.1 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1983 | 635.9 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1984 | 539.2 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 840.6 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 1986 | 572.1 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1987 | 405.9 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1988 | 530.4 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1989 | 476.8 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 516.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 555.2 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 582.4 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 306.1 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1994 | 508.3 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 1995 | 433.7 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1996 | 345 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1997 | 636.3 kg/ha | +84.4% |
| 1998 | 263.8 kg/ha | -58.5% |
| 1999 | 321.5 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 540.6 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 2001 | 582.4 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 621.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 625.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 803.4 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2005 | 731 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 628.9 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 602 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 774.9 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 571.3 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 2010 | 626.8 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 576.4 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 308 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 2013 | 287.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 591.9 kg/ha | +106.2% |
| 2015 | 567 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 555.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 285.9 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2018 | 308.7 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 542.1 kg/ha | +75.6% |
| 2020 | 782.6 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2021 | 778 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 871.9 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 880 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 858 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 858 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 858 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 725.05 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +106.2% | 287.1 kg/ha | 591.9 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +84.4% | 345 kg/ha | 636.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 890.74 kg/ha | 733.2 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 909.31 kg/ha | 812.9 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 570.65 kg/ha | 405.9 kg/ha | 840.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 446.84 kg/ha | 263.8 kg/ha | 636.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 648.1 kg/ha | 540.6 kg/ha | 803.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 464.9 kg/ha | 285.9 kg/ha | 626.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 834.1 kg/ha | 778 kg/ha | 880 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Brazil?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Brazil was 858 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1,022 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 263.8 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Brazil rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Brazil ranks 16th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.