Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 330,110 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 330,110 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 56.4% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 1.27 million ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 125,009 ha, in 2016.
Northern Africa ranks 18th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.23 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.19 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 1.15 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 1.14 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 1.27 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 1.25 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 1.19 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 1.12 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 1.17 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 1.23 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 1.17 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 1.18 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 1.17 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.14 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 1.07 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 954,830 ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 1.04 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 978,163 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 935,036 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 947,120 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 897,836 ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 866,606 ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 853,805 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 850,341 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 885,170 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 792,553 ha | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 775,046 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 774,171 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 769,996 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 730,742 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 554,760 ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 549,515 ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 522,724 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 429,708 ha | -17.8% |
| 1995 | 485,772 ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 638,984 ha | +31.5% |
| 1997 | 655,316 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 511,457 ha | -22.0% |
| 1999 | 407,625 ha | -20.3% |
| 2000 | 391,515 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 479,173 ha | +22.4% |
| 2002 | 443,837 ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 385,149 ha | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 466,812 ha | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 477,145 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 401,378 ha | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 425,479 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 231,064 ha | -45.7% |
| 2009 | 250,897 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 195,928 ha | -21.9% |
| 2011 | 263,018 ha | +34.2% |
| 2012 | 295,201 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 192,044 ha | -34.9% |
| 2014 | 227,299 ha | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 190,225 ha | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 125,009 ha | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 266,810 ha | +113.4% |
| 2018 | 335,723 ha | +25.8% |
| 2019 | 300,191 ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 281,737 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 592,749 ha | +110.4% |
| 2022 | 552,298 ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 211,086 ha | -61.8% |
| 2024 | 330,110 ha | +56.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.19 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 million ha | 935,036 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 841,264 ha | 769,996 ha | 947,120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 548,660 ha | 407,625 ha | 730,742 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 395,245 ha | 231,064 ha | 479,173 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 239,145 ha | 125,009 ha | 335,723 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393,596 ha | 211,086 ha | 592,749 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Northern Africa was 330,110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,009 ha in 2016.
- How does Northern Africa rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.