Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 1.99 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Brazil stood at 1.99 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.4% on the previous year and up 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 4.46 million ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 632,563 ha, in 1997.
That places Brazil 6th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.02 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.23 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 2.23 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2.33 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 2.33 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2.23 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 3.72 million ha | +67.1% |
| 1968 | 3.90 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 4.19 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 4.30 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 4.46 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 4.20 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 4.32 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 3.63 million ha | -15.9% |
| 1975 | 3.88 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 3.41 million ha | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 4.10 million ha | +20.2% |
| 1978 | 3.95 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 3.65 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 3.70 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 3.51 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 3.62 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 2.93 million ha | -19.3% |
| 1984 | 3.11 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 3.59 million ha | +15.3% |
| 1986 | 3.16 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 1.97 million ha | -37.6% |
| 1988 | 2.56 million ha | +29.7% |
| 1989 | 2.11 million ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 1.90 million ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 1.83 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 1.88 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 1.06 million ha | -43.6% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 761,763 ha | -36.1% |
| 1997 | 632,563 ha | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 833,364 ha | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 676,798 ha | -18.8% |
| 2000 | 815,244 ha | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 883,714 ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 768,182 ha | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 717,832 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 1.16 million ha | +61.2% |
| 2005 | 1.26 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 899,334 ha | -28.8% |
| 2007 | 1.13 million ha | +25.2% |
| 2008 | 1.06 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 812,305 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 830,136 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.41 million ha | +69.3% |
| 2012 | 1.38 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 943,742 ha | -31.7% |
| 2014 | 1.13 million ha | +19.7% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 996,188 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 927,987 ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 1.15 million ha | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 1.63 million ha | +41.5% |
| 2020 | 1.63 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 1.65 million ha | +20.5% |
| 2023 | 1.71 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.99 million ha | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.80 million ha | 2.02 million ha | 4.19 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.99 million ha | 3.41 million ha | 4.46 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.03 million ha | 1.97 million ha | 3.70 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.20 million ha | 632,563 ha | 1.90 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 950,739 ha | 717,832 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million ha | 830,136 ha | 1.63 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 3 China 2.84 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 2.84 million ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 2.04 million ha compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 963,072 ha compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
- 9 Mali 623,042 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Brazil?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Brazil was 1.99 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4.46 million ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 632,563 ha in 1997.
- How does Brazil rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 6th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.