Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 473,900 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 473,900 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.1% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Australia peaked at 765,688 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11,700 ha, in 1962.
Australia ranks 14th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,700 ha | -22.0% |
| 1963 | 15,300 ha | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 15,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 15,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 22,200 ha | +45.1% |
| 1967 | 21,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 31,100 ha | +44.7% |
| 1969 | 32,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 31,700 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 35,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 40,100 ha | +14.2% |
| 1973 | 43,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 41,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 38,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 29,800 ha | -22.6% |
| 1977 | 35,300 ha | +18.5% |
| 1978 | 41,600 ha | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 49,800 ha | +19.7% |
| 1980 | 75,000 ha | +50.6% |
| 1981 | 83,600 ha | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 103,500 ha | +23.8% |
| 1983 | 96,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 137,400 ha | +42.4% |
| 1985 | 183,100 ha | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 177,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 156,000 ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 244,600 ha | +56.8% |
| 1989 | 194,100 ha | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 239,800 ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 279,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 312,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 286,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 294,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 246,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 1996 | 303,900 ha | +23.5% |
| 1997 | 396,100 ha | +30.3% |
| 1998 | 438,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 565,100 ha | +29.0% |
| 2000 | 464,300 ha | -17.8% |
| 2001 | 527,300 ha | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 409,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 2003 | 224,500 ha | -45.1% |
| 2004 | 198,100 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 320,900 ha | +62.0% |
| 2006 | 335,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 143,600 ha | -57.2% |
| 2008 | 62,700 ha | -56.3% |
| 2009 | 164,000 ha | +161.6% |
| 2010 | 208,300 ha | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 588,294 ha | +182.4% |
| 2012 | 596,497 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 444,000 ha | -25.6% |
| 2014 | 390,031 ha | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 197,000 ha | -49.5% |
| 2016 | 280,422 ha | +42.3% |
| 2017 | 518,589 ha | +84.9% |
| 2018 | 485,101 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 303,484 ha | -37.4% |
| 2020 | 69,886 ha | -77.0% |
| 2021 | 275,128 ha | +293.7% |
| 2022 | 548,652 ha | +99.4% |
| 2023 | 765,688 ha | +39.6% |
| 2024 | 473,900 ha | -38.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,022 ha | 11,700 ha | 32,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,720 ha | 29,800 ha | 49,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 145,080 ha | 75,000 ha | 244,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 336,010 ha | 239,800 ha | 565,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 284,990 ha | 62,700 ha | 527,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 401,172 ha | 197,000 ha | 596,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 426,651 ha | 69,886 ha | 765,688 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Australia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Australia was 473,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 765,688 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,700 ha in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 14th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.