Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 260 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Algeria stood at 260 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 5,510 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 82 ha, in 2005.
That places Algeria 70th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,510 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 3,950 ha | -14.1% |
| 1965 | 3,830 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 4,640 ha | +21.1% |
| 1967 | 4,310 ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 4,290 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 4,170 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 1,960 ha | -53.0% |
| 1971 | 2,410 ha | +23.0% |
| 1972 | 2,350 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 1,790 ha | -23.8% |
| 1974 | 1,110 ha | -38.0% |
| 1975 | 1,080 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 470 ha | -56.5% |
| 1977 | 130 ha | -72.3% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 99 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 111 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 113 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 116 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 118 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 122 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 125 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 129 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 133 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 136 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 141 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 143 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 146 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 151 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 155 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 82 ha | -47.1% |
| 2006 | 106 ha | +29.3% |
| 2007 | 124 ha | +17.0% |
| 2008 | 143 ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 163 ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +22.7% |
| 2011 | 211 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,478 ha | 3,830 ha | 5,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,155 ha | 100 ha | 2,410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 120.2 ha | 99 ha | 136 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 135.4 ha | 82 ha | 163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 248.1 ha | 200 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260 ha | 260 ha | 260 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Algeria?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Algeria was 260 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,510 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 ha in 2005.
- How does Algeria rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 70th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.