Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 408.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Caribbean stood at 408.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Caribbean peaked at 747.3 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 306.2 kg/ha, in 2008.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 661 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 565.9 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1963 | 654.1 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 655 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 623.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 573.6 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 625 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 594.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 650.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 747.3 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 602.2 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1972 | 592.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 586.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 532.1 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1975 | 565.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 544 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 580.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 520.6 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 539.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 609.6 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 639.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 596.5 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 631.5 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 617.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 599.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 628.5 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 712.4 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 725.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 725.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 693.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 683.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 639.9 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 598 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 544.5 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 364.8 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1996 | 370.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 369.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 372.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 381.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 380.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 311.4 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 347.4 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 340.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 337 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 351.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 349.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 352.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 306.2 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 359.9 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 397.6 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 398.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 417.1 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 419.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 409.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 406.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 411.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 413.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 411.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 410.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 392 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 405.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 405.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 403.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 408.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 622.49 kg/ha | 565.9 kg/ha | 661 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 581.11 kg/ha | 520.6 kg/ha | 747.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 648.69 kg/ha | 596.5 kg/ha | 725.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 501.79 kg/ha | 364.8 kg/ha | 693.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 343.64 kg/ha | 306.2 kg/ha | 380.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 409.49 kg/ha | 397.6 kg/ha | 419.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 402.84 kg/ha | 392 kg/ha | 408.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Caribbean?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Caribbean was 408.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 747.3 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 306.2 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Caribbean rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.