Castor oil seeds — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 750 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 750 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 225.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,304 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 214.3 kg/ha, in 2017.
Kenya ranks 19th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,304 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 304.8 kg/ha | -76.6% |
| 1963 | 315.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 323.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 371.4 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1966 | 394.4 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 292.5 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1968 | 359.9 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1969 | 268 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1970 | 333.3 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 219.8 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1972 | 241 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 241 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 241 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 250 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 251.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 252 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 252.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 277.8 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 293.5 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 315.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 315.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 319.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 323.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 323.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 323.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 330.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 323.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 325.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 328.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 330.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 307.7 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 298.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 292.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 286.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 280.6 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 272.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 274.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 270 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 263.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 260 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 257 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 253.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 251.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 230.8 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 230.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 214.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 214.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 285.7 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 571.4 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 666.7 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 789.5 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 700 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 750 kg/ha | +7.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 750 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.5 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 750 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 365.4 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +100.0% | 285.7 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha |
| 1962 | -76.6% | 1,304 kg/ha | 304.8 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -34.1% | 333.3 kg/ha | 219.8 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +33.3% | 214.3 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -25.8% | 394.4 kg/ha | 292.5 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -25.5% | 359.9 kg/ha | 268 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 437.09 kg/ha | 268 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 255.97 kg/ha | 219.8 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 319.33 kg/ha | 293.5 kg/ha | 330.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 294.2 kg/ha | 270 kg/ha | 330.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 243.91 kg/ha | 230.8 kg/ha | 263.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 232.99 kg/ha | 214.3 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 695.52 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 789.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Kenya?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Kenya was 750 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,304 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 214.3 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 225.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya 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.