Cotton seed — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Cotton seed — Production was 80,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton seed — Production in Uganda, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cotton seed — production in Uganda stood at 80,000 t.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 166.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Uganda peaked at 190,080 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 9,020 t, in 1980.
Uganda ranks 30th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150,217 t | 72,000 t | 179,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,278 t | 13,420 t | 190,080 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,612 t | 9,020 t | 34,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,522 t | 12,900 t | 43,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,700 t | 24,000 t | 54,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,601 t | 30,000 t | 86,626 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,500 t | 80,000 t | 85,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 27 Sudan (former) 109,850 t compare
- 28 United Republic of Tanzania 106,900 t compare
- 29 Ethiopia 105,000 t compare
- 30 Chad 80,000 t compare
- 32 Afghanistan 79,595 t compare
- 33 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Uganda?
- Cotton seed — production in Uganda was 80,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 190,080 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,020 t in 1980.
- How does Uganda rank for cotton seed — production?
- Uganda ranks 30th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.