Seed cotton, unginned — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 6,588 kg/ha in China; the lowest is 180.8 kg/ha in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,287 kg/ha, and the mean is 1,677 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 412.7%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 64.2%).
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6,588 kg/ha | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 1 | China, mainland | 6,588 kg/ha | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 4,804 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,797 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 5,064 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 5,064 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,400 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 4,282 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,993 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 4,279 kg/ha | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,715 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 7 | Israel | 4,179 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 7 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,378 kg/ha | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 4,049 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,185 kg/ha | 2024 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 3,626 kg/ha | 2023 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,592 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 3,051 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 12 | Greece | 3,042 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 633.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 2,903 kg/ha | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 452.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 2,835 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 422.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 2,800 kg/ha | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 2,788 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 2,650 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Colombia | 2,608 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 19 | USSR | 2,593 kg/ha | 1991 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 2,265 kg/ha | 2024 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 2,227 kg/ha | 2022 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2,144 kg/ha | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 2,128 kg/ha | 1990 | up 412.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 2,101 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 886 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 2,058 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 2,040 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 26 | Caribbean | 408.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 2,032 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 2,010 kg/ha | 2024 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 2,000 kg/ha | 1990 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Botswana | 1,934 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 1,918 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ghana | 1,859 kg/ha | 2024 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 33 | Philippines | 1,839 kg/ha | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 34 | El Salvador | 1,767 kg/ha | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 35 | Pakistan | 1,713 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 36 | Niger | 1,708 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 37 | Honduras | 1,674 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 38 | Thailand | 1,661 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 39 | Myanmar | 1,540 kg/ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Uganda | 1,539 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 1,466 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 42 | Iraq | 1,449 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 1,368 kg/ha | 2024 | up 55.6% | falling |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 1,333 kg/ha | 1997 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 1,321 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 46 | India | 1,310 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 1,288 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | Ecuador | 1,286 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 1,250 kg/ha | 1982 | up 309.3% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 1,214 kg/ha | 1992 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 51 | Benin | 1,188 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 1,180 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Namibia | 1,151 kg/ha | 2007 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 1,108 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,108 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 56 | Sudan (former) | 1,099 kg/ha | 2011 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 57 | Madagascar | 1,056 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 1,035 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 59 | Mali | 1,027 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 60 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,000 kg/ha | 1994 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 985.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 978.6 kg/ha | 2005 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 972 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 956.5 kg/ha | 1994 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 65 | Yemen | 929 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 66 | Guadeloupe | 912.5 kg/ha | 1976 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 900 kg/ha | 1999 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 896.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 875.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 70 | Yugoslav SFR | 875 kg/ha | 1991 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 71 | Cuba | 862.9 kg/ha | 1967 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 833.3 kg/ha | 1970 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 785.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Ethiopia PDR | 757.5 kg/ha | 1992 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 707.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 76 | Togo | 676.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Mozambique | 615.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Chad | 588.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 79 | Malawi | 582.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 80 | Angola | 565.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 81 | Eswatini | 564.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 82 | Rwanda | 548.9 kg/ha | 1977 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 83 | Haiti | 481.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 434.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 85 | Burundi | 410.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 86 | Somalia | 399.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 87 | Nigeria | 378.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Kenya | 378.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 89 | Gambia | 352.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 90 | Indonesia | 340.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Grenada | 338.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 92 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 323.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 93 | Algeria | 318.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 180.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 6,560 kg/ha
- Oceania 5,064 kg/ha
- Western Asia 4,394 kg/ha
- Central America 3,973 kg/ha
- Asia 2,337 kg/ha
- South America 3,718 kg/ha
- Americas 3,254 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 2,943 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 2,932 kg/ha
- Europe 2,927 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 1,170 kg/ha
- Northern America 2,860 kg/ha
- United States of America 2,860 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,073 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 867.9 kg/ha
- World 2,362 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 2,350 kg/ha
- Central Asia 2,318 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 1,800 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,708 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 1,538 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,531 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 1,378 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,295 kg/ha
- Africa 1,035 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 967.4 kg/ha
- Western Africa 936.3 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 707.4 kg/ha
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.