Castor oil seeds — Yield in World
World: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,492 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Castor oil seeds — Yield in World, 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 World is 1,492 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in World peaked at 1,564 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 470.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
World ranks 6th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 470.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 479 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 493.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 532.6 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 546.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 608.9 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1967 | 612.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 612.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 611.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 563.2 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 588.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 576 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 606.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 596.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 571.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 497.1 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 594.5 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1978 | 616 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 620.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 504 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 593.3 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 578.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 655.4 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 650.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 706.5 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 573.8 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1987 | 611.1 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 661.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 701.1 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 818 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 806.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 883.6 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 827.4 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 935.6 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 874.4 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 1,015 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 1,005 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,032 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 850.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 779.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 805.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 722.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 912.2 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2004 | 907.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 942.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 917.2 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,012 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 1,065 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 1,021 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 1,140 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 1,258 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 1,293 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,327 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1,400 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 1,343 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 1,342 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,465 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 1,230 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 1,428 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 1,469 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1,515 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,564 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 1,528 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 1,492 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 551.86 kg/ha | 470.3 kg/ha | 612.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 582.95 kg/ha | 497.1 kg/ha | 620.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 623.55 kg/ha | 504 kg/ha | 706.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 904.78 kg/ha | 806.1 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 908.68 kg/ha | 722.4 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,322 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 1,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,469 kg/ha | 1,564 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,685 kg/ha compare
- 4 India 1,918 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 875 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia 1,842 kg/ha compare
- 6 Libya 1,818 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Ecuador 1,638 kg/ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 1,500 kg/ha compare
- 9 Peru 1,360 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — yield in World?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in World was 1,492 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,564 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 470.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- World ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.