Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 12,020 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 12,020 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 377,200 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 8,308 ha, in 2021.
That places Colombia 47th 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 169,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 141,100 ha | -16.5% |
| 1964 | 150,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 148,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 164,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 174,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 199,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 236,060 ha | +18.6% |
| 1970 | 267,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1971 | 219,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 243,200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 250,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 258,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 280,700 ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 285,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 377,200 ha | +32.1% |
| 1978 | 327,900 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 186,500 ha | -43.1% |
| 1980 | 216,900 ha | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 221,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 99,200 ha | -55.1% |
| 1983 | 76,700 ha | -22.7% |
| 1984 | 140,830 ha | +83.6% |
| 1985 | 196,050 ha | +39.2% |
| 1986 | 189,575 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 174,240 ha | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 229,430 ha | +31.7% |
| 1989 | 186,900 ha | -18.5% |
| 1990 | 200,540 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 262,160 ha | +30.7% |
| 1992 | 222,866 ha | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 119,378 ha | -46.4% |
| 1994 | 74,297 ha | -37.8% |
| 1995 | 83,717 ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 104,351 ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 61,280 ha | -41.3% |
| 1998 | 47,510 ha | -22.5% |
| 1999 | 52,229 ha | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 48,226 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 53,353 ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 43,866 ha | -17.8% |
| 2003 | 44,328 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 66,258 ha | +49.5% |
| 2005 | 70,667 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 55,932 ha | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 54,497 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 43,979 ha | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 40,035 ha | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 44,501 ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 44,348 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 46,122 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 30,682 ha | -33.5% |
| 2014 | 33,516 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 25,334 ha | -24.4% |
| 2016 | 19,544 ha | -22.9% |
| 2017 | 10,973 ha | -43.9% |
| 2018 | 11,960 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 18,329 ha | +53.3% |
| 2020 | 8,617 ha | -53.0% |
| 2021 | 8,308 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 13,658 ha | +64.4% |
| 2023 | 12,152 ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 12,020 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170,184 ha | 141,100 ha | 236,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 269,630 ha | 186,500 ha | 377,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,092 ha | 76,700 ha | 229,430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 122,833 ha | 47,510 ha | 262,160 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,114 ha | 40,035 ha | 70,667 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,531 ha | 10,973 ha | 46,122 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,951 ha | 8,308 ha | 13,658 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Colombia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Colombia was 12,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 377,200 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,308 ha in 2021.
- How does Colombia rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 47th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.