Cotton seed — Production in Americas
Americas: Cotton seed — Production was 8.64 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton seed — Production in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Americas recorded 8.64 million t for cotton seed — production in 2023.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Americas peaked at 10.69 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5.01 million t, in 1983.
That places Americas 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton seed — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.80 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.33 million t | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 8.48 million t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 8.55 million t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 8.49 million t | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 6.51 million t | -23.4% |
| 1967 | 5.70 million t | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 7.38 million t | +29.6% |
| 1969 | 6.69 million t | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 6.48 million t | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 6.71 million t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 7.85 million t | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 7.81 million t | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 7.55 million t | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 5.75 million t | -23.9% |
| 1976 | 6.07 million t | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 8.35 million t | +37.5% |
| 1978 | 7.05 million t | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 8.30 million t | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 6.99 million t | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 8.61 million t | +23.2% |
| 1982 | 6.83 million t | -20.7% |
| 1983 | 5.01 million t | -26.6% |
| 1984 | 7.64 million t | +52.3% |
| 1985 | 8.18 million t | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 6.19 million t | -24.3% |
| 1987 | 7.51 million t | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 8.96 million t | +19.4% |
| 1989 | 6.88 million t | -23.2% |
| 1990 | 8.30 million t | +20.6% |
| 1991 | 9.22 million t | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 7.90 million t | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 7.24 million t | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 8.85 million t | +22.2% |
| 1995 | 8.70 million t | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 8.83 million t | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 8.06 million t | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 6.86 million t | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 7.55 million t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 7.79 million t | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 9.22 million t | +18.4% |
| 2002 | 7.42 million t | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 7.97 million t | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 10.69 million t | +34.2% |
| 2005 | 10.58 million t | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 9.58 million t | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 9.38 million t | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 7.15 million t | -23.8% |
| 2009 | 6.13 million t | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 8.10 million t | +32.1% |
| 2011 | 9.22 million t | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 9.20 million t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 6.71 million t | -27.1% |
| 2014 | 8.43 million t | +25.7% |
| 2015 | 7.04 million t | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 7.75 million t | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 9.14 million t | +18.0% |
| 2018 | 9.18 million t | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 10.62 million t | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 9.37 million t | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 9.22 million t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 8.86 million t | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 8.64 million t | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.55 million t | 5.70 million t | 8.55 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.19 million t | 5.75 million t | 8.35 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.28 million t | 5.01 million t | 8.96 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.15 million t | 6.86 million t | 9.22 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.59 million t | 6.13 million t | 10.69 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.54 million t | 6.71 million t | 10.62 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.02 million t | 8.64 million t | 9.37 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 India 10.60 million t compare
- 2 China 9.40 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 9.40 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.26 million t compare
- 4 USSR 4.58 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 4.49 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 106,900 t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72,000 t compare
- 6 Pakistan 3.17 million t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 61,000 t compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 2.04 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -4.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Americas?
- Cotton seed — production in Americas was 8.64 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 10.69 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 million t in 1983.
- How does Americas rank for cotton seed — production?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton seed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.