Castor oil seeds — Yield in South America
South America: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 898.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in South America stood at 898.5 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in South America peaked at 1,026 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 394.8 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places South America 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 788.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 836.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 816.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 905.7 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 913.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 963.9 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 993.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 970.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,008 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 924.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,020 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 1,026 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 922.3 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 897.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 892.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 831.2 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 900.6 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 912.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 875.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 658.9 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1981 | 665.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 448.3 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1983 | 669 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1984 | 578.3 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1985 | 851.1 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 1986 | 598.7 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1987 | 456 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1988 | 573.5 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1989 | 529.1 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 560.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 599.8 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 629 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 429.3 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1994 | 614.2 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1995 | 591.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 428.2 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1997 | 692 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 1998 | 485.3 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1999 | 394.8 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2000 | 572.2 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 2001 | 623.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 653.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 663.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 828 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2005 | 753.2 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 662.9 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 637.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 809.6 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2009 | 621.1 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2010 | 655.8 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 599.4 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 422 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2013 | 494.6 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 674.6 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 638.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 642.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 427 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2018 | 450.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 623 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2020 | 851.8 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2021 | 867.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 909 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 913.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 898.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 910.69 kg/ha | 788.3 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 920.23 kg/ha | 831.2 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 602.84 kg/ha | 448.3 kg/ha | 851.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 542.48 kg/ha | 394.8 kg/ha | 692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 682.56 kg/ha | 572.2 kg/ha | 828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 562.75 kg/ha | 422 kg/ha | 674.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 888.2 kg/ha | 851.8 kg/ha | 913.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in South America?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in South America was 898.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,026 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 394.8 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does South America rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- South America ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.