Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 10,367 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 10,367 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 84.7% on the previous year and down 91.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 314,490 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Zambia ranks 49th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 546 ha | — |
| 1964 | 1,295 ha | +137.2% |
| 1965 | 2,469 ha | +90.7% |
| 1966 | 2,711 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 2,388 ha | -11.9% |
| 1968 | 5,746 ha | +140.6% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +47.9% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +85.7% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 3,961 ha | -50.5% |
| 1975 | 4,100 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 6,012 ha | +46.6% |
| 1977 | 10,509 ha | +74.8% |
| 1978 | 21,440 ha | +104.0% |
| 1979 | 24,146 ha | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 30,300 ha | +25.5% |
| 1981 | 36,460 ha | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 23,870 ha | -34.5% |
| 1983 | 33,140 ha | +38.8% |
| 1984 | 51,990 ha | +56.9% |
| 1985 | 45,839 ha | -11.8% |
| 1986 | 52,000 ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 38,157 ha | -26.6% |
| 1988 | 77,935 ha | +104.2% |
| 1989 | 89,251 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 64,036 ha | -28.3% |
| 1991 | 74,020 ha | +15.6% |
| 1992 | 59,614 ha | -19.5% |
| 1993 | 76,492 ha | +28.3% |
| 1994 | 50,661 ha | -33.8% |
| 1995 | 35,200 ha | -30.5% |
| 1996 | 66,217 ha | +88.1% |
| 1997 | 44,741 ha | -32.4% |
| 1998 | 44,560 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 105,623 ha | +137.0% |
| 2000 | 54,937 ha | -48.0% |
| 2001 | 60,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 66,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 81,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 100,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 129,667 ha | +29.7% |
| 2006 | 100,000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 74,347 ha | -25.7% |
| 2008 | 83,658 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 97,144 ha | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 85,073 ha | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 121,857 ha | +43.2% |
| 2012 | 314,490 ha | +158.1% |
| 2013 | 172,160 ha | -45.3% |
| 2014 | 124,888 ha | -27.5% |
| 2015 | 126,803 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 129,599 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 105,352 ha | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 106,881 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 88,748 ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 68,183 ha | -23.2% |
| 2021 | 40,298 ha | -40.9% |
| 2022 | 25,005 ha | -37.9% |
| 2023 | 67,607 ha | +170.4% |
| 2024 | 10,367 ha | -84.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,628 ha | 0 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,017 ha | 3,961 ha | 24,146 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,894 ha | 23,870 ha | 89,251 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,116 ha | 35,200 ha | 105,623 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,675 ha | 54,937 ha | 129,667 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 137,585 ha | 85,073 ha | 314,490 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,292 ha | 10,367 ha | 68,183 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Zambia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Zambia was 10,367 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 314,490 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 49th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.