Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 18.80 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 18.80 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.5% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Southern Asia peaked at 26.12 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.18 million t, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.18 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.84 million t | +16.0% |
| 1963 | 5.34 million t | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 4.95 million t | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 4.94 million t | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 4.96 million t | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 5.61 million t | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 5.53 million t | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 5.51 million t | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 5.20 million t | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 6.58 million t | +26.5% |
| 1972 | 6.41 million t | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 6.45 million t | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 6.80 million t | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 5.81 million t | -14.6% |
| 1976 | 5.34 million t | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 6.26 million t | +17.2% |
| 1978 | 6.22 million t | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 6.70 million t | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 6.46 million t | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 6.78 million t | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 6.91 million t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 5.25 million t | -24.0% |
| 1984 | 7.98 million t | +52.0% |
| 1985 | 8.68 million t | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 8.06 million t | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 8.20 million t | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 9.38 million t | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 10.91 million t | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 10.65 million t | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 12.23 million t | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 11.12 million t | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 10.23 million t | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 11.25 million t | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 12.87 million t | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 13.05 million t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 11.01 million t | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 11.58 million t | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 12.41 million t | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 11.20 million t | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 11.24 million t | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 10.24 million t | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 12.85 million t | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 16.50 million t | +28.4% |
| 2005 | 16.61 million t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 18.64 million t | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 19.82 million t | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 17.97 million t | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 19.44 million t | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 23.62 million t | +21.5% |
| 2011 | 26.12 million t | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 24.84 million t | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 25.44 million t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 25.59 million t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 21.10 million t | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 22.83 million t | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 23.58 million t | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 19.80 million t | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 23.33 million t | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 21.45 million t | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 21.59 million t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 17.67 million t | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 21.74 million t | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 18.80 million t | -13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.10 million t | 4.18 million t | 5.61 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.18 million t | 5.20 million t | 6.80 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.86 million t | 5.25 million t | 10.91 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.64 million t | 10.23 million t | 13.05 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.45 million t | 10.24 million t | 19.82 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.62 million t | 19.80 million t | 26.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.25 million t | 17.67 million t | 21.74 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — production in Southern Asia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Southern Asia was 18.80 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.12 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.18 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.