Cotton seed — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Cotton seed — Production was 13.97 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton seed — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 13.97 million t for cotton seed — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.1% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Southern Asia peaked at 16.95 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.69 million t, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton seed — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.69 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.14 million t | +16.5% |
| 1963 | 3.45 million t | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 3.20 million t | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 3.19 million t | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 3.21 million t | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 3.64 million t | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 3.56 million t | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 3.57 million t | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 3.37 million t | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 4.27 million t | +27.0% |
| 1972 | 4.15 million t | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 4.17 million t | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 4.39 million t | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 3.76 million t | -14.4% |
| 1976 | 3.45 million t | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 4.05 million t | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 4.03 million t | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 4.36 million t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 4.22 million t | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 4.42 million t | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 4.50 million t | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 3.41 million t | -24.2% |
| 1984 | 5.21 million t | +52.9% |
| 1985 | 5.68 million t | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 5.28 million t | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 5.38 million t | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 6.15 million t | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 7.14 million t | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 6.99 million t | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 8.04 million t | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 7.29 million t | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 6.71 million t | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 7.37 million t | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 8.43 million t | +14.5% |
| 1996 | 8.54 million t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 7.19 million t | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 7.55 million t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 8.14 million t | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 7.34 million t | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 7.38 million t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 6.72 million t | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 8.42 million t | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 10.83 million t | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 11.09 million t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 12.09 million t | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 12.87 million t | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 11.68 million t | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 12.64 million t | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 15.35 million t | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 16.95 million t | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 16.14 million t | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 16.53 million t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 16.62 million t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 13.71 million t | -17.5% |
| 2016 | 14.85 million t | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 15.86 million t | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 13.23 million t | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 14.50 million t | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 13.92 million t | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 14.05 million t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 11.44 million t | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 13.97 million t | +22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.29 million t | 2.69 million t | 3.64 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.00 million t | 3.37 million t | 4.39 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.14 million t | 3.41 million t | 7.14 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.62 million t | 6.71 million t | 8.54 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.11 million t | 6.72 million t | 12.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.37 million t | 13.23 million t | 16.95 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.34 million t | 11.44 million t | 14.05 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 1 India 10.60 million t compare
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 9.40 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 9.40 million t compare
- 4 USSR 4.58 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 4.49 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 314,953 ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 14,248 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 2.45 million ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 11,729 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 1.32 million ha (2024)
- Oranges — Production 6.21 million t (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 1.88 million t (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 124.63 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Southern Asia?
- Cotton seed — production in Southern Asia was 13.97 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.95 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.69 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for cotton seed — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.