Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 2,972 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 2,972 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 36,152 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 2006.
That places Eswatini 57th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,515 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,809 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 10,364 ha | +52.2% |
| 1964 | 11,149 ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 12,950 ha | +16.2% |
| 1966 | 16,187 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 17,401 ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 16,187 ha | -7.0% |
| 1969 | 12,997 ha | -19.7% |
| 1970 | 14,108 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 10,245 ha | -27.4% |
| 1972 | 12,130 ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 12,653 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1979 | 18,689 ha | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 22,800 ha | +22.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | -35.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | -27.8% |
| 1988 | 27,000 ha | +107.7% |
| 1989 | 36,152 ha | +33.9% |
| 1990 | 27,433 ha | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 27,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 13,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 31,000 ha | +106.7% |
| 1998 | 33,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 34,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 28,300 ha | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 9,600 ha | -66.1% |
| 2002 | 10,700 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | -67.3% |
| 2004 | 2,800 ha | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | +78.6% |
| 2006 | 900 ha | -82.0% |
| 2007 | 1,800 ha | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,950 ha | +63.9% |
| 2011 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,500 ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,950 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 3,400 ha | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 2,800 ha | -17.6% |
| 2017 | 2,558 ha | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 2,321 ha | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 2,681 ha | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 2,995 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 2,218 ha | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 2,366 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 2,805 ha | +18.6% |
| 2024 | 2,972 ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,284 ha | 6,515 ha | 17,401 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,782 ha | 10,245 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,695 ha | 13,000 ha | 36,152 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,693 ha | 10,000 ha | 34,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,620 ha | 900 ha | 28,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,761 ha | 2,321 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,671 ha | 2,218 ha | 2,995 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Eswatini was 2,972 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 36,152 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 2006.
- How does Eswatini rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 57th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.