Castor oil seeds — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 3,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 26.5% on the previous year and up 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Mexico peaked at 4,080 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 172.6 kg/ha, in 1992.
Mexico ranks 1st of 43 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 679.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 676.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 671.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 656.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 563.4 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1966 | 493.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1967 | 428.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1968 | 427.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 461.6 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 627.1 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1971 | 416.8 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1972 | 325.7 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 378.1 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 400.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 421.4 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 400.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 484.3 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1980 | 826.1 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1981 | 517.2 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1982 | 399.6 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1984 | 389.2 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1985 | 405.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 839.8 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1987 | 877.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 890.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 482.8 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 516.7 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 172.6 kg/ha | -66.6% |
| 1993 | 520 kg/ha | +201.3% |
| 1994 | 761.6 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1995 | 549.9 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1996 | 549.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 550 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 300 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 1999 | 320 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 320 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 350 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 404.2 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 407.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 200 kg/ha | -50.9% |
| 2006 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,500 kg/ha | +650.0% |
| 2009 | 800 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 2010 | 571.4 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2011 | 800 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2012 | 1,036 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2015 | 1,787 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 2016 | 1,408 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 1,967 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2018 | 2,775 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 2019 | 3,552 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2020 | 3,277 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 3,698 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 4,018 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 4,080 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 3,000 kg/ha | -26.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3,000 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 3.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3,000 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 725.05 kg/ha, 4.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +650.0% | 200 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +201.3% | 172.6 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 562.12 kg/ha | 427.8 kg/ha | 679.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425.44 kg/ha | 325.7 kg/ha | 627.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 612.77 kg/ha | 389.2 kg/ha | 890.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 474.07 kg/ha | 172.6 kg/ha | 761.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.16 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,737 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 3,552 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 3,615 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,080 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 2,319 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Mexico?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Mexico was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,080 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 172.6 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mexico rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Mexico ranks 1st out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.