Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,913 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 1,913 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 1,942 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 228.4 kg/ha, in 1965.
Southern Asia ranks 4th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 242.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 234.6 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 234.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 268.5 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1965 | 228.4 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 305.6 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1967 | 302.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 320.6 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 331.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 334.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 361.4 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 361.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 430.5 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 369.9 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1975 | 395.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 375 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 578.9 kg/ha | +54.4% |
| 1978 | 537.6 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 529.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 428 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1981 | 564.2 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1982 | 604.4 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 655.8 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 704.7 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 498.2 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1986 | 406.9 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1987 | 407.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 657.7 kg/ha | +61.4% |
| 1989 | 734.6 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 879.9 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1991 | 809.5 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 942 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 926.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,080 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 981.8 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 1,224 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 1,286 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 1,224 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 982.1 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2000 | 814.8 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2001 | 908.3 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 732.7 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2003 | 1,108 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2004 | 1,061 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 1,147 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 1,208 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 1,335 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 1,344 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,364 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,532 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 1,559 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1,590 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 1,622 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1,715 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,650 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,702 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1,900 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 1,591 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 1,760 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 1,852 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 1,942 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 1,937 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,875 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1,913 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274.31 kg/ha | 228.4 kg/ha | 331.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 427.41 kg/ha | 334.8 kg/ha | 578.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 566.2 kg/ha | 406.9 kg/ha | 734.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,034 kg/ha | 809.5 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,102 kg/ha | 732.7 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,662 kg/ha | 1,532 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,904 kg/ha | 1,852 kg/ha | 1,942 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Asia?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Southern Asia was 1,913 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,942 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 228.4 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Asia rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.