Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 560,576 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 560,576 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 793,551 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 286,479 ha, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 630,066 ha | — |
| 1962 | 695,651 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 637,018 ha | -8.4% |
| 1964 | 603,375 ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 599,775 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 623,241 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 632,685 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 694,133 ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 745,993 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 788,108 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 793,551 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 714,833 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 742,650 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 732,911 ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 751,363 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 706,667 ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 652,525 ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 631,393 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 482,367 ha | -23.6% |
| 1980 | 414,377 ha | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 346,239 ha | -16.4% |
| 1982 | 444,854 ha | +28.5% |
| 1983 | 507,850 ha | +14.2% |
| 1984 | 482,816 ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 481,088 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 444,940 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 421,265 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 470,771 ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 408,984 ha | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 432,220 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 500,953 ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 416,091 ha | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 363,604 ha | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 465,069 ha | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 516,627 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 596,968 ha | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 699,943 ha | +17.2% |
| 1998 | 600,193 ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 629,359 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 602,875 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 627,222 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 578,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 509,300 ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 506,571 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 620,100 ha | +22.4% |
| 2006 | 460,200 ha | -25.8% |
| 2007 | 438,630 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 412,241 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 286,479 ha | -30.5% |
| 2010 | 378,550 ha | +32.1% |
| 2011 | 419,760 ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 488,407 ha | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 529,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 596,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 623,955 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 635,273 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 419,201 ha | -34.0% |
| 2018 | 571,525 ha | +36.3% |
| 2019 | 622,950 ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 589,338 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 709,416 ha | +20.4% |
| 2022 | 681,899 ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 620,982 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 560,576 ha | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 651,326 ha | 599,775 ha | 745,993 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 699,637 ha | 482,367 ha | 793,551 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 442,318 ha | 346,239 ha | 507,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 522,103 ha | 363,604 ha | 699,943 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 504,162 ha | 286,479 ha | 627,222 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 528,462 ha | 378,550 ha | 635,273 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 632,442 ha | 560,576 ha | 709,416 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Middle Africa was 560,576 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 793,551 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 286,479 ha in 2009.
- How does Middle Africa rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 14 regions with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle 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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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.