Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,040 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Argentina stood at 2,040 kg/ha.
The figure is up 16.5% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Argentina peaked at 2,622 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 634.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
Argentina ranks 26th 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 787.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 634.8 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1963 | 844.7 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1964 | 649 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1965 | 856.6 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1966 | 840 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 817.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 815.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 902.9 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 1,014 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 777.1 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1972 | 733.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 927.6 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1974 | 882.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 1,071 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1976 | 1,076 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,008 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 1,176 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 855.9 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1980 | 855.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 940.8 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 1,229 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1983 | 1,087 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 1,299 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 1,199 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 1,112 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 1,181 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1,726 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1989 | 1,235 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1990 | 1,694 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1991 | 1,466 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 1,232 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 1,427 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1994 | 1,458 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 1,651 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 1,390 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 1,160 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1998 | 1,124 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 965.6 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 1,258 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2001 | 1,312 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,324 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,383 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 1,388 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,196 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 1,372 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 1,388 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 1,627 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 1,341 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 1,709 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2011 | 1,656 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,342 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 1,517 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 1,988 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2015 | 1,745 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 1,787 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 2,432 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2018 | 2,548 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 2,622 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,529 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 2,560 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,324 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,752 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 2,040 kg/ha | +16.5% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 2,040 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 2,040 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 794.3 kg/ha | 634.8 kg/ha | 902.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 952.14 kg/ha | 733.4 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,186 kg/ha | 855.3 kg/ha | 1,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,357 kg/ha | 965.6 kg/ha | 1,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,359 kg/ha | 1,196 kg/ha | 1,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,935 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 2,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,241 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 2,560 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Argentina?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Argentina was 2,040 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2,622 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 634.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Argentina rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Argentina ranks 26th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.