Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 2,039 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Thailand stood at 2,039 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 152,302 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 2010.
Thailand ranks 58th of 94 countries 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,760 ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 69,600 ha | +20.5% |
| 1964 | 66,080 ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 72,480 ha | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 79,200 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 96,640 ha | +22.0% |
| 1968 | 103,840 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 81,280 ha | -21.7% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | -65.6% |
| 1971 | 42,240 ha | +50.9% |
| 1972 | 53,120 ha | +25.8% |
| 1973 | 26,240 ha | -50.6% |
| 1974 | 49,600 ha | +89.0% |
| 1975 | 28,480 ha | -42.6% |
| 1976 | 23,840 ha | -16.3% |
| 1977 | 79,680 ha | +234.2% |
| 1978 | 63,200 ha | -20.7% |
| 1979 | 117,440 ha | +85.8% |
| 1980 | 144,461 ha | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 152,302 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 107,141 ha | -29.7% |
| 1983 | 100,009 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 69,872 ha | -30.1% |
| 1985 | 80,941 ha | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 48,828 ha | -39.7% |
| 1987 | 63,447 ha | +29.9% |
| 1988 | 70,484 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 62,976 ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 71,122 ha | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 97,856 ha | +37.6% |
| 1992 | 71,360 ha | -27.1% |
| 1993 | 49,368 ha | -30.8% |
| 1994 | 55,152 ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 54,927 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 51,360 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 35,200 ha | -31.5% |
| 1998 | 28,767 ha | -18.3% |
| 1999 | 25,440 ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 25,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 41,760 ha | +63.1% |
| 2002 | 10,644 ha | -74.5% |
| 2003 | 7,235 ha | -32.0% |
| 2004 | 7,239 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 11,542 ha | +59.4% |
| 2006 | 8,743 ha | -24.3% |
| 2007 | 8,295 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | -63.8% |
| 2009 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 2,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 2011 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,500 ha | +75.0% |
| 2020 | 2,300 ha | -34.3% |
| 2021 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,039 ha | -11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,520 ha | 52,800 ha | 103,840 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,184 ha | 23,840 ha | 117,440 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,046 ha | 48,828 ha | 152,302 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,055 ha | 25,440 ha | 97,856 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,676 ha | 2,700 ha | 41,760 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,150 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,248 ha | 2,039 ha | 2,300 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Thailand?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Thailand was 2,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 152,302 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 2010.
- How does Thailand rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 58th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.