Castor oil seeds — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 435.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 435.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 585.7 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 340.4 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Eastern Africa 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 461.27 kg/ha | 425.5 kg/ha | 501.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 511.35 kg/ha | 444.9 kg/ha | 585.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 543.39 kg/ha | 518.3 kg/ha | 558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 404.43 kg/ha | 359.2 kg/ha | 520.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 363.5 kg/ha | 340.4 kg/ha | 383.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 398.07 kg/ha | 378.8 kg/ha | 414.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 427.42 kg/ha | 416.5 kg/ha | 435.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 17 Thailand 857.1 kg/ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 816.6 kg/ha compare
- 19 Kenya 750 kg/ha compare
- 20 South Africa 731.8 kg/ha compare
- 21 Benin 727.7 kg/ha compare
- 22 Bangladesh 711.3 kg/ha compare
- 23 Philippines 709.2 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 54,812 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Eastern Africa was 435.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 585.7 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 340.4 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.