Castor oil seeds — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,010 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in Pakistan stood at 1,010 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Pakistan peaked at 1,125 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 489.7 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Pakistan 11th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 748.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 752.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 749.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 747.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 750.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 764.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 750 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 764.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 764.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 764.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 764.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 751.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 749.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 735.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 731.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 768.7 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 774.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 779.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 779.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 811.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 817.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 826.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 828.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 716.7 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 708.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 645.6 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 655.8 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 657.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 685.9 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 737.8 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 729.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 746.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 757.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 757.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 766.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 771.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 671 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 533.9 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 624 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 578.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 635.5 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 613.6 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 652 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 565.7 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 622.1 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 489.7 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 592.6 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 995.9 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 2011 | 1,092 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,078 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,075 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,050 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,031 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 1,034 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,034 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,030 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,125 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 845.3 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2021 | 918.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 917.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 651 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2024 | 1,010 kg/ha | +55.2% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1,010 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.5 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +68.1% | 592.6 kg/ha | 995.9 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +55.2% | 651 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha |
| 2023 | -29.0% | 917.3 kg/ha | 651 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 751.48 kg/ha | 747.5 kg/ha | 764.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 757.09 kg/ha | 731.5 kg/ha | 774.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 756.92 kg/ha | 645.6 kg/ha | 828.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 728.11 kg/ha | 657.6 kg/ha | 771.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 590.8 kg/ha | 489.7 kg/ha | 652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,055 kg/ha | 995.9 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 868.52 kg/ha | 651 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 1,500 kg/ha compare
- 9 Peru 1,360 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 1,043 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 827.3 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Paraguay 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Romania 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Pakistan?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Pakistan was 1,010 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,125 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 489.7 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Pakistan rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 11th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.