Castor oil seeds — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 857.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 857.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,947 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 494.8 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Thailand 17th out of 43 countries 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 927.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 997.7 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 1,185 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1964 | 1,028 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1965 | 954.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 1,007 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 821.7 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1968 | 1,056 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1969 | 1,044 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 970.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 988 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 981 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 866.6 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 1,016 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 1,022 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 960.9 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 962.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 859 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1979 | 712.3 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1980 | 816.8 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 812 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 780.4 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 806.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 764.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 769.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 806.5 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 681.2 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 500.3 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1989 | 608.5 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 629.6 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 625 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 627.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 660.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 599.3 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 494.8 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 507.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 520.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 561.7 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 569.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 689 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2001 | 702.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 741.5 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 748.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 774.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 775 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 787.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 843.8 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 862.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 881.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 954.4 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 856.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 693.7 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 1,947 kg/ha | +180.7% |
| 2014 | 821.1 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2015 | 688 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 846.2 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 846.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 923.1 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 923.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 857.1 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 923.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 857.1 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 923.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 857.1 kg/ha | -7.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 857.1 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 857.1 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 836.85 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Castor oil seeds — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +180.7% | 693.7 kg/ha | 1,947 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,002 kg/ha | 821.7 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 933.9 kg/ha | 712.3 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 734.57 kg/ha | 500.3 kg/ha | 816.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 579.52 kg/ha | 494.8 kg/ha | 660.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 780.51 kg/ha | 689 kg/ha | 881.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 949.96 kg/ha | 688 kg/ha | 1,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 883.5 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 923.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Thailand?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Thailand was 857.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,947 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 494.8 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Thailand rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Thailand ranks 17th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.