Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 124,315 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 124,315 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Central America peaked at 1.18 million ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 44,110 ha, in 2002.
Central America ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 956,087 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.02 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 1.13 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 1.15 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 1.18 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 1.03 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 974,128 ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 1.01 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 793,440 ha | -21.2% |
| 1970 | 654,945 ha | -17.5% |
| 1971 | 691,311 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 779,684 ha | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 754,740 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 969,268 ha | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 612,594 ha | -36.8% |
| 1976 | 543,214 ha | -11.3% |
| 1977 | 843,012 ha | +55.2% |
| 1978 | 813,191 ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 799,525 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 627,882 ha | -21.5% |
| 1981 | 619,808 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 406,526 ha | -34.4% |
| 1983 | 418,570 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 508,913 ha | +21.6% |
| 1985 | 420,889 ha | -17.3% |
| 1986 | 351,075 ha | -16.6% |
| 1987 | 332,561 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 417,357 ha | +25.5% |
| 1989 | 276,378 ha | -33.8% |
| 1990 | 306,144 ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 337,386 ha | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 127,072 ha | -62.3% |
| 1993 | 71,153 ha | -44.0% |
| 1994 | 189,355 ha | +166.1% |
| 1995 | 295,957 ha | +56.3% |
| 1996 | 317,673 ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 212,137 ha | -33.2% |
| 1998 | 254,388 ha | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 151,505 ha | -40.4% |
| 2000 | 83,092 ha | -45.2% |
| 2001 | 93,237 ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 44,110 ha | -52.7% |
| 2003 | 65,080 ha | +47.5% |
| 2004 | 115,552 ha | +77.6% |
| 2005 | 137,151 ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 122,661 ha | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 114,264 ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 105,708 ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 77,237 ha | -26.9% |
| 2010 | 118,373 ha | +53.3% |
| 2011 | 199,700 ha | +68.7% |
| 2012 | 161,123 ha | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 129,856 ha | -19.4% |
| 2014 | 189,394 ha | +45.8% |
| 2015 | 138,590 ha | -26.8% |
| 2016 | 110,145 ha | -20.5% |
| 2017 | 217,781 ha | +97.7% |
| 2018 | 246,427 ha | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 213,095 ha | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 149,797 ha | -29.7% |
| 2021 | 164,526 ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 199,654 ha | +21.4% |
| 2023 | 139,531 ha | -30.1% |
| 2024 | 124,315 ha | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million ha | 793,440 ha | 1.18 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 746,148 ha | 543,214 ha | 969,268 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 437,996 ha | 276,378 ha | 627,882 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,277 ha | 71,153 ha | 337,386 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,809 ha | 44,110 ha | 137,151 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 172,448 ha | 110,145 ha | 246,427 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,565 ha | 124,315 ha | 199,654 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 20 Zimbabwe 154,698 ha compare
- 21 Chad 136,000 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 123,037 ha compare
- 23 Mexico 118,469 ha compare
- 24 Central African Republic 117,525 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 106,411 ha compare
- 26 Uganda 97,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Central America?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Central America was 124,315 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,110 ha in 2002.
- How does Central America rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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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About this data
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.