Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 78,884 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 78,884 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 136,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 31st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 40,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 42,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 43,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 44,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 75,000 ha | +70.5% |
| 2004 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 85,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 110,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 2007 | 108,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 98,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 81,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 75,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 85,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 136,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 129,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 123,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 99,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 2016 | 82,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 60,000 ha | -26.8% |
| 2018 | 78,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 2019 | 82,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 82,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 83,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 84,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 83,221 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 78,884 ha | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41,714 ha | 40,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 76,300 ha | 43,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,900 ha | 60,000 ha | 136,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,221 ha | 78,884 ha | 84,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Ethiopia was 78,884 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 136,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 31st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.