Castor oil seeds — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 592.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean is 592.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Caribbean peaked at 681.8 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 454 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Caribbean 16th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 488.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 483.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 482.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 476.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 476.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 470.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 454 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 474.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 472.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 474.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 497.1 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 473.1 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 474.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 467.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 503.4 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 505.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 508.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 508.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 511.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 515.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 516.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 515.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 533.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 536.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 535.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 533.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 533.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 535.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 535.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 538.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 550.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 545.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 511.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 542.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 556 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 565.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 583.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 600.7 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 681.8 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 681.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 523.8 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2002 | 547.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 536.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 541.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 560.6 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 562.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 551.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 568.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 575.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 577.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 579.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 581.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 583.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 583.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 585.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 583.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 584.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 583 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 582.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 585 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 589.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 592.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475.36 kg/ha | 454 kg/ha | 488.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 492.46 kg/ha | 467.6 kg/ha | 511.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 529.22 kg/ha | 515.3 kg/ha | 536.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 567.61 kg/ha | 511.6 kg/ha | 681.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 565.04 kg/ha | 523.8 kg/ha | 681.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 582.43 kg/ha | 577.2 kg/ha | 585.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 589.18 kg/ha | 585 kg/ha | 592.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Caribbean?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Caribbean was 592.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 681.8 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 454 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Caribbean rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 16th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.