India vs Zimbabwe: Cotton yields

India

1.31 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Zimbabwe

1.37 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

India rank

50th

Zimbabwe rank

47th

Cotton yields over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.37 tonnes per hectare against 1.31 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 0.0573 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

India ranks 50th and Zimbabwe ranks 47th of 100 countries.

Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.