Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 974,991 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 974,991 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 23.7% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.12 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 722,973 ha, in 2021.
That places Eastern Africa 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.49 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.43 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 1.49 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 1.62 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 1.85 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 1.87 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 1.86 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 1.78 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 1.91 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 1.96 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 2.08 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 2.12 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 2.07 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 1.51 million ha | -27.3% |
| 1975 | 1.41 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 1.39 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 1.25 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 1.68 million ha | +35.3% |
| 1979 | 1.25 million ha | -25.9% |
| 1980 | 1.23 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 1.06 million ha | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 1.02 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 1.13 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 1.28 million ha | +13.4% |
| 1985 | 1.25 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 1.24 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1.25 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 1.17 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 1.01 million ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 1.24 million ha | +23.5% |
| 1992 | 1.17 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 1.15 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 964,262 ha | -16.4% |
| 1995 | 1.02 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 1.13 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 1.27 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 1.02 million ha | -19.8% |
| 1999 | 1.23 million ha | +20.4% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million ha | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 1.54 million ha | +43.4% |
| 2002 | 1.47 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 1.62 million ha | +34.5% |
| 2005 | 1.56 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.30 million ha | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 1.63 million ha | +25.2% |
| 2008 | 1.86 million ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 1.66 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 1.10 million ha | -33.7% |
| 2011 | 1.16 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.72 million ha | +49.0% |
| 2013 | 1.38 million ha | -19.6% |
| 2014 | 1.11 million ha | -19.5% |
| 2015 | 1.16 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 949,298 ha | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 813,654 ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 1.01 million ha | +24.2% |
| 2019 | 998,823 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.12 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 722,973 ha | -35.7% |
| 2022 | 801,649 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 787,973 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 974,991 ha | +23.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.70 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.67 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million ha | 964,262 ha | 1.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million ha | 813,654 ha | 1.72 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 882,347 ha | 722,973 ha | 1.12 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 974,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 722,973 ha in 2021.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.