Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Americas
Americas: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 3,254 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Americas is 3,254 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Americas peaked at 3,263 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,002 kg/ha, in 1970.
Americas ranks 6th 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 — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,195 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,240 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 1,333 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 1,340 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 1,352 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 1,292 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 1,038 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1968 | 1,200 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1969 | 1,034 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1970 | 1,002 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 1,017 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 1,136 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 1,155 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 1,137 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 1,020 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 1,058 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,184 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1978 | 1,037 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1979 | 1,236 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 1,043 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1981 | 1,306 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 1,250 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 1,151 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 1,407 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1985 | 1,422 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,252 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 1,685 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1988 | 1,595 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 1,492 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 1,619 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 1,708 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 1,642 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,658 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 1,540 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 1,868 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1997 | 1,779 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 1,685 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,724 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,862 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 2,050 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 1,942 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 2,140 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 2,433 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 2,310 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 2,313 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,546 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 2,506 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2,340 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 2,372 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,722 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 2,812 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 2,694 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2,824 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 2,827 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,757 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 2,958 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 3,079 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 3,113 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,235 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 3,132 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 3,140 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,263 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 3,254 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,225 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,360 kg/ha | 1,043 kg/ha | 1,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,706 kg/ha | 1,540 kg/ha | 1,868 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,244 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 2,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,816 kg/ha | 2,372 kg/ha | 3,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,205 kg/ha | 3,132 kg/ha | 3,263 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 Australia 5,064 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,400 kg/ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 5,064 kg/ha compare
- 5 Brazil 4,282 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,993 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bangladesh 4,279 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,715 kg/ha compare
- 7 Israel 4,179 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,378 kg/ha compare
- 8 Mexico 4,049 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,185 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nicaragua 3,626 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Americas?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Americas was 3,254 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,263 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,002 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Americas rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. 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.