Castor oil seeds — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 333.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 333.3 kg/ha for castor oil seeds — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Uganda peaked at 526.9 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 208.3 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Uganda 38th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 472.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 463.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 454.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 497.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 490 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 435.8 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 433.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 526.9 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1970 | 370.5 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1972 | 375 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 210.5 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1975 | 208.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 280 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1984 | 280 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 280 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 333.3 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1987 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 401.2 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1991 | 282.7 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1992 | 320 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 333.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 330.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 331.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 332.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 332.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 332.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 332.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 332 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 331.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 331.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 333.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 361.4 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 333.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 365.4 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 474.91 kg/ha | 433.3 kg/ha | 526.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 287.25 kg/ha | 208.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 279.81 kg/ha | 208.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 332.96 kg/ha | 282.7 kg/ha | 401.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 332.83 kg/ha | 331.5 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 35 Mozambique 365.4 kg/ha compare
- 36 Madagascar 357.4 kg/ha compare
- 37 Russian Federation 347.1 kg/ha compare
- 38 El Salvador 333.3 kg/ha compare
- 40 Angola 255.9 kg/ha compare
- 41 Burundi 200 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Uganda?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Uganda was 333.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 526.9 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 208.3 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Uganda rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Uganda ranks 38th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.