Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 283,982 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 283,982 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Europe peaked at 3.86 million ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 283,982 ha, in 2024.
That places Europe 19th out of 26 regions 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.99 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.12 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 3.08 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 2.89 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 2.87 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 2.92 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 2.81 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 2.81 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 2.93 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 3.06 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 3.07 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 3.10 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 3.06 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 3.21 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 3.19 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 3.22 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 3.30 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 3.29 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 3.31 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 3.39 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 3.41 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 3.41 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 3.44 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 3.64 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 3.65 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 3.82 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 3.86 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 3.77 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 3.75 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 3.54 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 3.34 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 398,866 ha | -88.1% |
| 1993 | 385,473 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 420,250 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 462,918 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 507,704 ha | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 533,096 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 524,803 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 549,866 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 513,906 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 510,517 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 475,685 ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 473,299 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 466,594 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 452,771 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 438,493 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 430,017 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 304,085 ha | -29.3% |
| 2009 | 289,884 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 314,515 ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 368,273 ha | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 362,244 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 336,835 ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 355,642 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 335,561 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 312,420 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 328,709 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 349,548 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 362,025 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 343,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 323,814 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 309,010 ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 284,730 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 283,982 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.94 million ha | 2.81 million ha | 3.12 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.18 million ha | 3.06 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.61 million ha | 3.39 million ha | 3.86 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 385,473 ha | 3.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 435,525 ha | 289,884 ha | 513,906 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 342,577 ha | 312,420 ha | 368,273 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 309,067 ha | 283,982 ha | 343,800 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Europe?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Europe was 283,982 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.86 million ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 283,982 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 19th out of 26 regions with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.