Castor oil seeds — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 512 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in Northern Africa stood at 512 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 1,679 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 207.4 kg/ha, in 1978.
Northern Africa ranks 17th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 723.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 903.6 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 1,004 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 814.5 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1965 | 1,323 kg/ha | +62.4% |
| 1966 | 1,367 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 1,477 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 1,010 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1969 | 1,199 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 767.5 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1971 | 1,022 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1972 | 917.6 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 869.3 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 835.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 835.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,679 kg/ha | +101.0% |
| 1977 | 245.6 kg/ha | -85.4% |
| 1978 | 207.4 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 457 kg/ha | +120.3% |
| 1980 | 413.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1981 | 510.2 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1982 | 510.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 510.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 508.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 508.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 507.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 511.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 527.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 433.7 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1990 | 498.1 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 504.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 441.1 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 664.5 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1994 | 663.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 595.9 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 586.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 585.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 596.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 504.7 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 504.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 504.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 504.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 517.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 516.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 515.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 505.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 505.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 507.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 509 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 510.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 511.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 513.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 513.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 511.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 511.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 511.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 511.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 511.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 512 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 512 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 511.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 512 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 512 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 512 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,091 kg/ha | 723.1 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 783.63 kg/ha | 207.4 kg/ha | 1,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 494.16 kg/ha | 413.1 kg/ha | 527.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 564.15 kg/ha | 441.1 kg/ha | 664.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 509.07 kg/ha | 504.7 kg/ha | 517.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 511.74 kg/ha | 510.4 kg/ha | 513.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 511.98 kg/ha | 511.9 kg/ha | 512 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Northern Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Northern Africa was 512 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,679 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 207.4 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Northern Africa rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.