Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 211,573 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 211,573 t for seed cotton, unginned — production in 2024.
The figure is up 59.4% on the previous year and up 84.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 364,266 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 584 t, in 1962.
Zimbabwe ranks 25th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,547 t | 584 t | 160,547 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 149,074 t | 99,039 t | 190,065 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,760 t | 134,886 t | 323,262 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 173,772 t | 60,548 t | 233,979 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 244,838 t | 159,497 t | 364,266 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,035 t | 50,600 t | 247,752 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 187,987 t | 132,718 t | 241,942 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — production in Zimbabwe?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Zimbabwe was 211,573 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 364,266 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 584 t in 1962.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 25th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.