Castor oil seeds — Yield in India
India: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,918 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in India stood at 1,918 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in India peaked at 1,948 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 197 kg/ha, in 1965.
India ranks 5th of 48 countries on this measure, 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 | 248.36 kg/ha | 197 kg/ha | 306 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 411 kg/ha | 310.3 kg/ha | 572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 559.49 kg/ha | 398.7 kg/ha | 736.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,037 kg/ha | 810.2 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,105 kg/ha | 733.3 kg/ha | 1,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,664 kg/ha | 1,534 kg/ha | 1,902 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,909 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 2,319 kg/ha compare
- 3 China 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 1,842 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 1,818 kg/ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,685 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in India?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in India was 1,918 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,948 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 197 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does India rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- India ranks 5th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.