Cotton seed — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Cotton seed — Production was 3.31 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton seed — Production in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cotton seed — production in Northern America stood at 3.31 million t.
That represents a change of down 17.5% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Northern America peaked at 7.44 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.79 million t, in 1983.
That places Northern America 9th out of 28 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.42 million t | — |
| 1962 | 5.57 million t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 5.62 million t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 5.66 million t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 5.52 million t | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 3.59 million t | -35.0% |
| 1967 | 2.91 million t | -18.9% |
| 1968 | 4.21 million t | +44.5% |
| 1969 | 3.69 million t | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 3.69 million t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3.85 million t | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 4.89 million t | +27.2% |
| 1973 | 4.55 million t | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 4.09 million t | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 2.92 million t | -28.6% |
| 1976 | 3.74 million t | +28.1% |
| 1977 | 5.01 million t | +33.9% |
| 1978 | 3.87 million t | -22.7% |
| 1979 | 5.24 million t | +35.3% |
| 1980 | 4.06 million t | -22.6% |
| 1981 | 5.80 million t | +43.1% |
| 1982 | 4.30 million t | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 2.79 million t | -35.2% |
| 1984 | 4.67 million t | +67.4% |
| 1985 | 4.79 million t | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 3.45 million t | -28.0% |
| 1987 | 5.23 million t | +51.8% |
| 1988 | 5.50 million t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 4.24 million t | -22.8% |
| 1990 | 5.41 million t | +27.6% |
| 1991 | 6.28 million t | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 5.65 million t | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 5.75 million t | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 6.90 million t | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 6.21 million t | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 6.48 million t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 6.29 million t | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 4.87 million t | -22.6% |
| 1999 | 5.76 million t | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 5.84 million t | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 6.76 million t | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 5.61 million t | -17.0% |
| 2003 | 6.05 million t | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 7.44 million t | +23.0% |
| 2005 | 7.41 million t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 6.92 million t | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 5.97 million t | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 3.90 million t | -34.7% |
| 2009 | 3.76 million t | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 5.53 million t | +47.0% |
| 2011 | 4.87 million t | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 5.14 million t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 3.81 million t | -25.8% |
| 2014 | 4.65 million t | +21.9% |
| 2015 | 3.67 million t | -21.1% |
| 2016 | 4.87 million t | +32.8% |
| 2017 | 5.83 million t | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 5.11 million t | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 5.39 million t | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 4.02 million t | -25.4% |
| 2021 | 4.83 million t | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 4.01 million t | -17.1% |
| 2023 | 3.31 million t | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.69 million t | 2.91 million t | 5.66 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.19 million t | 2.92 million t | 5.24 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.48 million t | 2.79 million t | 5.80 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.96 million t | 4.87 million t | 6.90 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.97 million t | 3.76 million t | 7.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.89 million t | 3.67 million t | 5.83 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.04 million t | 3.31 million t | 4.83 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 6 Pakistan 3.17 million t compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 2.04 million t compare
- 8 Australia 1.44 million t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 1.44 million t compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 448,000 t compare
- 11 Argentina 430,000 t compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 364,000 t compare
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- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 22.70 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Northern America?
- Cotton seed — production in Northern America was 3.31 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 7.44 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.79 million t in 1983.
- How does Northern America rank for cotton seed — production?
- Northern America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.