Cotton seed — Production in Niger
Niger: Cotton seed — Production was 3,480 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton seed — Production in Niger, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Niger recorded 3,480 t for cotton seed — production in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Niger peaked at 8,500 t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,060 t, in 1981.
That places Niger 52nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton seed — Production in Niger, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,521 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,126 t | +105.5% |
| 1963 | 3,600 t | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 4,387 t | +21.9% |
| 1965 | 4,037 t | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 4,378 t | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 3,979 t | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 4,659 t | +17.1% |
| 1969 | 6,848 t | +47.0% |
| 1970 | 6,124 t | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 5,191 t | -15.2% |
| 1972 | 3,337 t | -35.7% |
| 1973 | 2,218 t | -33.5% |
| 1974 | 5,057 t | +128.0% |
| 1975 | 6,968 t | +37.8% |
| 1976 | 4,570 t | -34.4% |
| 1977 | 2,466 t | -46.0% |
| 1978 | 2,880 t | +16.8% |
| 1979 | 1,812 t | -37.1% |
| 1980 | 1,692 t | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 1,060 t | -37.4% |
| 1982 | 1,210 t | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 2,429 t | +100.7% |
| 1984 | 2,404 t | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,649 t | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 4,998 t | +88.7% |
| 1987 | 3,000 t | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1989 | 2,990 t | +49.5% |
| 1990 | 1,350 t | -54.8% |
| 1991 | 1,500 t | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 3,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 3,500 t | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 5,000 t | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 8,500 t | +70.0% |
| 1996 | 6,500 t | -23.5% |
| 1997 | 5,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 3,000 t | -40.0% |
| 1999 | 2,600 t | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 3,500 t | +34.6% |
| 2001 | 2,700 t | -22.9% |
| 2002 | 5,400 t | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 4,700 t | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 6,000 t | +27.7% |
| 2005 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,000 t | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 7,200 t | +44.0% |
| 2008 | 7,000 t | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 7,800 t | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 2,600 t | -66.7% |
| 2011 | 2,800 t | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 2,700 t | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 3,545 t | +31.3% |
| 2014 | 3,545 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,545 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,683 t | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 3,683 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,300 t | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 3,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,248 t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 3,475 t | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 3,480 t | +0.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 3,480 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 16,258 t, 21% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Niger's 3,480 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 23,409 t, 15% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,059 t | 1,521 t | 6,848 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,062 t | 1,812 t | 6,968 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,443 t | 1,060 t | 4,998 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,995 t | 1,350 t | 8,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,530 t | 2,700 t | 7,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,270 t | 2,600 t | 3,683 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,376 t | 3,248 t | 3,480 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Niger?
- Cotton seed — production in Niger was 3,480 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 t in 1995.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,060 t in 1981.
- How does Niger rank for cotton seed — production?
- Niger ranks 52nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.