Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 18.74 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 18.74 million t for seed cotton, unginned — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 23.54 million t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.28 million t, in 1962.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.44 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.28 million t | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 3.62 million t | +59.0% |
| 1964 | 5.01 million t | +38.3% |
| 1965 | 6.32 million t | +26.0% |
| 1966 | 7.04 million t | +11.4% |
| 1967 | 7.08 million t | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 7.09 million t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6.26 million t | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 6.86 million t | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 6.34 million t | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 5.90 million t | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 7.71 million t | +30.7% |
| 1974 | 7.40 million t | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 7.16 million t | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 6.18 million t | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 6.16 million t | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 6.52 million t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 6.64 million t | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 8.14 million t | +22.6% |
| 1981 | 8.92 million t | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 10.81 million t | +21.2% |
| 1983 | 13.93 million t | +28.8% |
| 1984 | 18.79 million t | +34.9% |
| 1985 | 12.46 million t | -33.7% |
| 1986 | 10.64 million t | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 12.76 million t | +19.9% |
| 1988 | 12.47 million t | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 11.39 million t | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 13.55 million t | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 17.05 million t | +25.9% |
| 1992 | 13.56 million t | -20.5% |
| 1993 | 11.25 million t | -17.0% |
| 1994 | 13.06 million t | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 14.33 million t | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 12.64 million t | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 13.84 million t | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 13.54 million t | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 11.52 million t | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 13.29 million t | +15.3% |
| 2001 | 16.01 million t | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 14.78 million t | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 14.61 million t | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 19.01 million t | +30.0% |
| 2005 | 17.18 million t | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 20.27 million t | +18.0% |
| 2007 | 22.91 million t | +13.0% |
| 2008 | 22.51 million t | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 19.17 million t | -14.9% |
| 2010 | 17.95 million t | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 19.80 million t | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 20.56 million t | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 18.97 million t | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 18.57 million t | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 16.87 million t | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 16.07 million t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 17.17 million t | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 18.53 million t | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 23.54 million t | +27.0% |
| 2020 | 19.54 million t | -17.0% |
| 2021 | 17.40 million t | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 19.73 million t | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 18.54 million t | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 18.74 million t | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.24 million t | 2.28 million t | 7.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.69 million t | 5.90 million t | 7.71 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.03 million t | 8.14 million t | 18.79 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.43 million t | 11.25 million t | 17.05 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.97 million t | 13.29 million t | 22.91 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.80 million t | 16.07 million t | 23.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.79 million t | 17.40 million t | 19.73 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 18.70 million t compare
- 1 China, mainland 18.70 million t compare
- 3 India 15.00 million t compare
- 4 Brazil 8.52 million t compare
- 5 USSR 7.80 million t compare
- 6 Pakistan 3.50 million t compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 2.94 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — production in Eastern Asia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Eastern Asia was 18.74 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.54 million t in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.28 million t in 1962.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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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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.