Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 5,836 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Angola is 5,836 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 94.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Angola peaked at 98,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 2001.
That places Angola 51st 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 Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,654 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,365 ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 36,691 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 38,953 ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 41,220 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 37,934 ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 41,416 ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 46,384 ha | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 71,562 ha | +54.3% |
| 1970 | 79,300 ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 91,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 54,000 ha | -40.7% |
| 1973 | 98,000 ha | +81.5% |
| 1974 | 97,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 61,000 ha | -37.1% |
| 1976 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | -90.2% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1982 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | -80.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,952 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,073 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 3,977 ha | +29.4% |
| 2022 | 4,592 ha | +15.5% |
| 2023 | 5,250 ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 5,836 ha | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,242 ha | 36,365 ha | 71,562 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,430 ha | 54,000 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,500 ha | 10,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,800 ha | 2,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,895 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,546 ha | 3,073 ha | 5,836 ha | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Angola?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Angola was 5,836 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 98,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 2001.
- How does Angola rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 51st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.