Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 91,205 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 91,205 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 160.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 138,000 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 25,500 ha, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 28th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,892 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,056 ha | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 121,408 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 121,408 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 80,939 ha | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 48,000 ha | -40.7% |
| 1967 | 52,800 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 54,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 55,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 54,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 54,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 51,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 74,800 ha | +45.0% |
| 1974 | 138,000 ha | +84.5% |
| 1975 | 112,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 128,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 128,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 112,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 84,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 45,000 ha | -46.4% |
| 1981 | 73,000 ha | +62.2% |
| 1982 | 66,700 ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 68,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 75,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 69,300 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 40,000 ha | -42.3% |
| 1988 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 28,000 ha | -49.1% |
| 1991 | 60,000 ha | +114.3% |
| 1992 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 50,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 30,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 25,500 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 30,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 31,950 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 35,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 33,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 35,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 42,124 ha | +20.4% |
| 2016 | 51,102 ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 31,845 ha | -37.7% |
| 2018 | 39,496 ha | +24.0% |
| 2019 | 49,371 ha | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 56,740 ha | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 56,882 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 54,896 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 93,630 ha | +70.6% |
| 2024 | 91,205 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,011 ha | 48,000 ha | 121,408 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,670 ha | 51,600 ha | 138,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,500 ha | 40,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,800 ha | 28,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,045 ha | 25,500 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,424 ha | 31,845 ha | 51,102 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,671 ha | 54,896 ha | 93,630 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 25 Kazakhstan 106,411 ha compare
- 26 Uganda 97,000 ha compare
- 27 Mozambique 96,523 ha compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 81,869 ha compare
- 30 Egypt 81,499 ha compare
- 31 Ethiopia 78,884 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Afghanistan was 91,205 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 138,000 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,500 ha in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 28th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 160.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.