Castor oil seeds — Yield in Central America
Central America: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Central America, 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 Central America is 3,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.5% on the previous year and up 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Central America peaked at 4,080 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 172.6 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Central America 1st out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 559.57 kg/ha | 426.3 kg/ha | 676.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 426.71 kg/ha | 327.8 kg/ha | 622.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 615.2 kg/ha | 375.6 kg/ha | 890.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 474.07 kg/ha | 172.6 kg/ha | 761.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.16 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,737 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 3,552 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 3,615 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,080 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Mexico 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 India 1,918 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Central America?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Central America was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 4,080 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 172.6 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Central America rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Central America ranks 1st out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.