Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 120,508 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — production in Afghanistan is 120,508 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 181.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Afghanistan peaked at 164,000 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 28,000 t, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 28th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 80,000 t | +53.0% |
| 1963 | 113,000 t | +41.2% |
| 1964 | 80,000 t | -29.2% |
| 1965 | 77,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 63,000 t | -18.2% |
| 1967 | 71,000 t | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 73,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 88,000 t | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 78,000 t | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 65,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 60,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 111,000 t | +85.0% |
| 1974 | 149,000 t | +34.2% |
| 1975 | 164,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 163,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 140,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1978 | 135,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 108,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 67,000 t | -38.0% |
| 1981 | 62,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 46,000 t | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 51,000 t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 70,000 t | +37.3% |
| 1985 | 56,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 65,000 t | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 40,000 t | -38.5% |
| 1988 | 45,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 36,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 29,000 t | -19.4% |
| 1991 | 68,000 t | +134.5% |
| 1992 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 57,000 t | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 33,000 t | -42.1% |
| 2004 | 28,000 t | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 33,000 t | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 32,000 t | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 35,051 t | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 35,000 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 42,872 t | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 33,000 t | -23.0% |
| 2011 | 33,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36,300 t | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 42,173 t | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 42,829 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 50,482 t | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 58,996 t | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 36,770 t | -37.7% |
| 2018 | 57,450 t | +56.2% |
| 2019 | 73,120 t | +27.3% |
| 2020 | 74,062 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 77,680 t | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 72,493 t | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 122,455 t | +68.9% |
| 2024 | 120,508 t | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,478 t | 52,300 t | 113,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,300 t | 60,000 t | 164,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,800 t | 36,000 t | 70,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,100 t | 29,000 t | 68,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,992 t | 28,000 t | 57,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,412 t | 33,000 t | 73,120 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,440 t | 72,493 t | 122,455 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — production in Afghanistan?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Afghanistan was 120,508 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 164,000 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,000 t in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 28th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Production. 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.