Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 11.45 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 11,388 ha, and the mean is 344,629 ha.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 582.2%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.45 million ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 2 | USSR | 3.01 million ha | 1991 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 3 | China (People's Republic of) | 2.84 million ha | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 2.84 million ha | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2.04 million ha | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 1.99 million ha | 2024 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 963,072 ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 651,844 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Mali | 623,042 ha | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 622,327 ha | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 588,813 ha | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 580,030 ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 13 | Benin | 535,579 ha | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia | 473,900 ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 473,900 ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 244,700 ha | 2024 | up 255.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Greece | 229,805 ha | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 229,000 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | Myanmar | 207,823 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 154,698 ha | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Chad | 136,000 ha | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 123,037 ha | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 118,469 ha | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 117,525 ha | 2024 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 106,411 ha | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 26 | Uganda | 97,000 ha | 2024 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 96,523 ha | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 91,205 ha | 2024 | up 160.6% | falling |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 81,869 ha | 2024 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 81,499 ha | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 78,884 ha | 2024 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 32 | Togo | 76,000 ha | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 51,823 ha | 2022 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 46,097 ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan (former) | 42,000 ha | 2011 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 41,892 ha | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Ethiopia PDR | 40,000 ha | 1992 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 18,571 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 39 | South Africa | 18,385 ha | 2024 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Kenya | 16,469 ha | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 15,992 ha | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 15,000 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 14,724 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 44 | Madagascar | 13,122 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,899 ha | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 46 | Paraguay | 12,775 ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Colombia | 12,020 ha | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 10,756 ha | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Zambia | 10,367 ha | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 7,896 ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 5,836 ha | 2024 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,994 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 4,112 ha | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 3,543 ha | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Niger | 3,399 ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 3,053 ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Eswatini | 2,972 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Thailand | 2,039 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 2,000 ha | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Honduras | 1,992 ha | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 1,958 ha | 2024 | up 582.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Haiti | 1,930 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Burundi | 1,649 ha | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 64 | Gambia | 1,508 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 940 ha | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 914 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Albania | 724 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 593 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | Botswana | 508 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 260 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 235 ha | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Cambodia | 180 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Nepal | 129 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | 107 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Grenada | 71 ha | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Yugoslav SFR | 48 ha | 1991 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 47 ha | 1990 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Philippines | 38 ha | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 79 | Republic of Korea | 10 ha | 2013 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Iraq | 8 ha | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Cuba | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Cyprus | 0 ha | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha | 1995 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0 ha | 1998 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Namibia | 0 ha | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Romania | 0 ha | 2002 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Rwanda | 0 ha | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0 ha | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 ha | 1971 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Guadeloupe | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 82 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 ha | 2011 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 30.83 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6.22 million ha
- Americas 6.13 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.97 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.90 million ha
- Northern America 3.35 million ha
- United States of America 3.35 million ha
- European Union (27) 283,258 ha
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.