Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 622,327 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 622,327 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 21.6% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 969,000 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 145,723 ha, in 2003.
Argentina ranks 10th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 499,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 537,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 519,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 519,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 533,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 440,700 ha | -17.4% |
| 1967 | 330,000 ha | -25.1% |
| 1968 | 282,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1969 | 405,900 ha | +43.9% |
| 1970 | 452,100 ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 366,770 ha | -18.9% |
| 1972 | 398,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 457,100 ha | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 474,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 505,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 413,600 ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 518,000 ha | +25.2% |
| 1978 | 607,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1979 | 669,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 567,500 ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 282,000 ha | -50.3% |
| 1982 | 399,400 ha | +41.6% |
| 1983 | 343,400 ha | -14.0% |
| 1984 | 469,700 ha | +36.8% |
| 1985 | 447,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 338,800 ha | -24.2% |
| 1987 | 273,250 ha | -19.3% |
| 1988 | 492,100 ha | +80.1% |
| 1989 | 501,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 544,900 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 538,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 529,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 302,080 ha | -42.9% |
| 1994 | 484,000 ha | +60.2% |
| 1995 | 680,000 ha | +40.5% |
| 1996 | 969,000 ha | +42.5% |
| 1997 | 888,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 878,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 640,000 ha | -27.1% |
| 2000 | 332,090 ha | -48.1% |
| 2001 | 388,153 ha | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 164,731 ha | -57.6% |
| 2003 | 145,723 ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 254,913 ha | +74.9% |
| 2005 | 374,700 ha | +47.0% |
| 2006 | 304,397 ha | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 393,005 ha | +29.1% |
| 2008 | 303,383 ha | -22.8% |
| 2009 | 289,785 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 440,872 ha | +52.1% |
| 2011 | 623,399 ha | +41.4% |
| 2012 | 528,221 ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 342,755 ha | -35.1% |
| 2014 | 512,821 ha | +49.6% |
| 2015 | 455,745 ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 376,780 ha | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 253,310 ha | -32.8% |
| 2018 | 319,285 ha | +26.0% |
| 2019 | 332,896 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 413,550 ha | +24.2% |
| 2021 | 406,324 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 480,057 ha | +18.1% |
| 2023 | 511,783 ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 622,327 ha | +21.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 451,911 ha | 282,000 ha | 537,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 486,097 ha | 366,770 ha | 669,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 411,465 ha | 273,250 ha | 567,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 645,358 ha | 302,080 ha | 969,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 295,088 ha | 145,723 ha | 393,005 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 418,608 ha | 253,310 ha | 623,399 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 486,808 ha | 406,324 ha | 622,327 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 7 Uzbekistan 963,072 ha compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
- 9 Mali 623,042 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 588,813 ha compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
- 13 Benin 535,579 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Argentina?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Argentina was 622,327 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 969,000 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 145,723 ha in 2003.
- How does Argentina rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 10th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.