Cotton seed — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cotton seed — Production was 613.75 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton seed — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton seed — production in Caribbean is 613.75 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Caribbean peaked at 17,703 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 552.5 t, in 2018.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton seed — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,703 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,208 t | -14.1% |
| 1963 | 15,843 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 7,305 t | -53.9% |
| 1965 | 7,680 t | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 5,623 t | -26.8% |
| 1967 | 5,010 t | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 2,636 t | -47.4% |
| 1969 | 3,613 t | +37.1% |
| 1970 | 4,608 t | +27.5% |
| 1971 | 4,389 t | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 4,354 t | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 4,317 t | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 3,432 t | -20.5% |
| 1975 | 3,995 t | +16.4% |
| 1976 | 4,233 t | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 5,077 t | +19.9% |
| 1978 | 5,251 t | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 6,226 t | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 6,262 t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 7,952 t | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 7,438 t | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 8,088 t | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 7,678 t | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 7,603 t | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 6,153 t | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 6,353 t | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 6,743 t | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 7,023 t | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 6,561 t | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 6,079 t | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 3,994 t | -34.3% |
| 1993 | 3,394 t | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 2,579 t | -24.0% |
| 1995 | 981 t | -62.0% |
| 1996 | 942 t | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 944 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 966 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 979 t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 937 t | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 800 t | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 923 t | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 966 t | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 1,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,030 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 1,063 t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 982 t | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 808 t | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 671 t | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 692.97 t | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 692.59 t | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 697 t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 697 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 667 t | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 627.11 t | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 597 t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 577.2 t | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 552.5 t | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 623.11 t | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 622.06 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 619.16 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 562.53 t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 613.75 t | +9.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton seed — Production in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -62.0% | 2,579 t | 981 t |
| 1964 | -53.9% | 15,843 t | 7,305 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,958 t | 2,636 t | 17,703 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,588 t | 3,432 t | 6,226 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,129 t | 6,153 t | 8,088 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,742 t | 942 t | 6,561 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 918 t | 671 t | 1,063 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 642.35 t | 552.5 t | 697 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 604.38 t | 562.53 t | 622.06 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Caribbean?
- Cotton seed — production in Caribbean was 613.75 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 17,703 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 552.5 t in 2018.
- How does Caribbean rank for cotton seed — production?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.