Castor oil seeds — Yield in Europe
Europe: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 347.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in Europe stood at 347.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 47.5% on the previous year and down 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Europe peaked at 1,350 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 30.7 kg/ha, in 2020.
Europe ranks 23rd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 397 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 305.9 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1963 | 401.4 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1964 | 353.4 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 413.1 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 496.9 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1967 | 520.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 480.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1969 | 442.4 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 324.1 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1971 | 379.1 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1972 | 272.7 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1973 | 441.6 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1974 | 393.7 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 339 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1976 | 240.9 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1977 | 256.3 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 296.4 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 340.7 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1980 | 169.1 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1981 | 304.1 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 1982 | 579.1 kg/ha | +90.4% |
| 1983 | 413.5 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1984 | 445.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 451.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 500.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 475.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 459.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 446.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 672.8 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1991 | 621.6 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 576.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 632 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 461.9 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1995 | 1,020 kg/ha | +120.7% |
| 1996 | 711.9 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1997 | 870.3 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1998 | 825.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 816.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 875 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 990.3 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 980.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 304.9 kg/ha | -68.9% |
| 2004 | 694.9 kg/ha | +127.9% |
| 2005 | 836.7 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 643.3 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 539.3 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 421.1 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2009 | 583.3 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 2010 | 715 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2011 | 766.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 968 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2016 | 581.8 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 2017 | 790 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2018 | 1,350 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 2019 | 682.3 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 2020 | 30.7 kg/ha | -95.5% |
| 2021 | 433.7 kg/ha | +1312.7% |
| 2022 | 663.6 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 2023 | 660.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 347.1 kg/ha | -47.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +1312.7% | 30.7 kg/ha | 433.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423.43 kg/ha | 305.9 kg/ha | 520.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 328.45 kg/ha | 240.9 kg/ha | 441.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 424.44 kg/ha | 169.1 kg/ha | 579.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 720.78 kg/ha | 461.9 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 686.97 kg/ha | 304.9 kg/ha | 990.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 836.26 kg/ha | 581.8 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 427.18 kg/ha | 30.7 kg/ha | 663.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 24 USSR 619.8 kg/ha compare
- 25 Morocco 598.2 kg/ha compare
- 26 Haiti 592.1 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Europe?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Europe was 347.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,350 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.7 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Europe rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Europe ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.