Castor oil seeds — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 398 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 398 kg/ha for castor oil seeds — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Western Africa peaked at 638.3 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 262.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 22nd out of 24 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 262.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 407.7 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1963 | 445.9 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 389.1 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 369.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 350.9 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 466.2 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1968 | 428 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 409.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 500.4 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 638.3 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1972 | 536.6 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 613.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 552.6 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 635.6 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 441.8 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1978 | 469 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 463 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 474.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 485.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 465.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 440 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 442.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 453.5 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 465.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 424.2 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 460.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 412.1 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 452.8 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 459.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 456.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 454 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 451.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 448.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 445.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 443 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 440.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 437.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 434.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 431.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 428.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 425.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 423.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 422.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 418.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 414.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 420.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 421.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 431.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 410.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 391.2 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 391.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 396.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 397.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 393.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 391.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 390 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 394.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 392.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 394.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 396 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 396.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 398 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 392.16 kg/ha | 262.9 kg/ha | 466.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 545.11 kg/ha | 441.8 kg/ha | 638.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 452.36 kg/ha | 412.1 kg/ha | 485.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 448.89 kg/ha | 437.3 kg/ha | 459.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 424.08 kg/ha | 414.3 kg/ha | 434.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 398.84 kg/ha | 390 kg/ha | 431.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 395.62 kg/ha | 392.7 kg/ha | 398 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 19 Kenya 750 kg/ha compare
- 20 South Africa 731.8 kg/ha compare
- 21 Benin 727.7 kg/ha compare
- 22 Bangladesh 711.3 kg/ha compare
- 23 Philippines 709.2 kg/ha compare
- 24 USSR 619.8 kg/ha compare
- 25 Morocco 598.2 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in Western Africa?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Western Africa was 398 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 638.3 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 262.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.