Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 731.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Africa stood at 731.8 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 745.4 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 562.5 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Southern Africa 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 588.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 615.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 613.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 600 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 606.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 608.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 615 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 612.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 637.5 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 571.4 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 562.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 625 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 691.1 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 651.3 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 652 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 652.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 653.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 654.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 654.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 655.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 656.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 657 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 657.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 658.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 659.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 659.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 663.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 670.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 676.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 683.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 690.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 696.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 711.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 721.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 731.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 729.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 728.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 731.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 734.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 736.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 738.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 740.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 742.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 745.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 733.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 733.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 731.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 606.59 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 615.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 614.64 kg/ha | 562.5 kg/ha | 637.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 625 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 657.87 kg/ha | 651.3 kg/ha | 691.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 671.64 kg/ha | 657.7 kg/ha | 696.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 730.4 kg/ha | 711.8 kg/ha | 740.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 737.14 kg/ha | 731.8 kg/ha | 745.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Africa was 731.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 745.4 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 562.5 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Southern Africa rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.