Castor oil seeds — Yield in China
China: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in China, 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 China is 2,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 130.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in China peaked at 2,000 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 318.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places China 2nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 318.2 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 346.2 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 444.4 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1966 | 590.9 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1967 | 636.4 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 550 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1969 | 472.2 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 566.7 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 416.7 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1972 | 411.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 388.2 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 417.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 399.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 415.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 465.6 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 516.5 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 605.7 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1980 | 565.5 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 685.3 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1982 | 780.4 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1983 | 832.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 801.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 1,202 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1986 | 921.6 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1987 | 1,236 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1988 | 963 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 1,127 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 1,179 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 1,208 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,037 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1994 | 931.2 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 894.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 1,100 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1997 | 818.2 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1998 | 1,100 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1999 | 925.9 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2000 | 1,034 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 963 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 981.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 966.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 961.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 916.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 826.1 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 809.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 863.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 850 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 789.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 947.4 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 916.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 877.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 869.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,538 kg/ha | +76.9% |
| 2016 | 1,682 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 1,684 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,688 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,714 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,889 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 1,750 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 1,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,000 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- China's 2,000 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 836.85 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +76.9% | 869.6 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 450.92 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha | 636.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 460.37 kg/ha | 388.2 kg/ha | 605.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 898.8 kg/ha | 565.5 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,032 kg/ha | 818.2 kg/ha | 1,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 917.27 kg/ha | 809.5 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,271 kg/ha | 789.5 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,878 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Mexico 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 2,319 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,685 kg/ha compare
- 4 India 1,918 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 875 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia 1,842 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in China?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in China was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 318.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does China rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- China ranks 2nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.