Castor oil seeds — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in Ethiopia stood at 1,842 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 2,121 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,019 kg/ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 5th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,019 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,022 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1,023 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,034 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,030 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,030 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,033 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,039 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,045 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,034 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,029 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,039 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1,029 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,282 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 1,571 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 1,857 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2014 | 2,121 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 1,510 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2016 | 1,588 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,585 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,607 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,648 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,686 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,747 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1,786 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1,814 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 1,842 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1,842 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 361.4 kg/ha, 5.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1,842 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 365.4 kg/ha, 5.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Ethiopia 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 | -28.8% | 2,121 kg/ha | 1,510 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,020 kg/ha | 1,019 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,034 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,580 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 2,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,775 kg/ha | 1,686 kg/ha | 1,842 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 2 China 2,000 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
- 6 Libya 1,818 kg/ha
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Ecuador 1,638 kg/ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 1,500 kg/ha
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Ethiopia?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Ethiopia was 1,842 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,121 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,019 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.