Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 18,571 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 18,571 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 18,571 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1974.
That places Somalia 38th 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 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -39.4% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | -23.6% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 17,706 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 17,526 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 17,599 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 17,783 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 17,993 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 18,204 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 18,436 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 18,373 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 18,472 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 18,571 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,722 ha | 10,000 ha | 16,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,970 ha | 8,000 ha | 15,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,200 ha | 8,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,900 ha | 15,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,461 ha | 17,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,411 ha | 18,204 ha | 18,571 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 35 Sudan (former) 42,000 ha compare
- 36 Malawi 41,892 ha compare
- 37 Ethiopia PDR 40,000 ha compare
- 39 South Africa 18,385 ha compare
- 40 Kenya 16,469 ha compare
- 41 Senegal 15,992 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Somalia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Somalia was 18,571 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,571 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1974.
- How does Somalia rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 38th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.