Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in China
China: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 6,588 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in China stood at 6,588 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in China peaked at 6,813 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 620.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 1st of 94 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 644.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 817.3 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1964 | 1,012 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1965 | 1,259 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1966 | 1,425 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 1,386 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 1,418 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,292 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 1,368 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 1,284 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,201 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 1,557 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1974 | 1,474 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 1,443 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,252 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 1,270 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 1,337 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 1,469 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 1,652 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 1,719 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 1,854 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 2,291 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1984 | 2,715 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 2,420 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 2,466 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 2,629 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 2,251 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1989 | 2,184 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 2,420 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 2,604 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 1,979 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 2,250 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1994 | 2,356 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 2,638 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 2,670 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 3,075 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 3,028 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 3,083 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 3,279 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 3,320 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 3,525 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 2,852 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2004 | 3,332 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 3,386 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 3,480 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 3,860 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 3,906 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3,863 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 3,694 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 3,924 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 4,377 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 4,356 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,390 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 4,468 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 4,748 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 3,536 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2018 | 5,513 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2019 | 6,813 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2020 | 6,000 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 5,735 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 6,566 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 6,635 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6,588 kg/ha | -0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 6,588 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 3.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- China's 6,588 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,661 kg/ha, 4.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,097 kg/ha | 620.8 kg/ha | 1,425 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,366 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 1,557 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,218 kg/ha | 1,652 kg/ha | 2,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,610 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 3,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,480 kg/ha | 2,852 kg/ha | 3,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,582 kg/ha | 3,536 kg/ha | 6,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,305 kg/ha | 5,735 kg/ha | 6,635 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 China, mainland 6,588 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 4,804 kg/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 2,797 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in China?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in China was 6,588 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 6,813 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 620.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- China ranks 1st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.