Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,608 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Colombia stood at 2,608 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Colombia peaked at 3,850 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,007 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Colombia 19th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,415 kg/ha | 1,225 kg/ha | 1,678 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,419 kg/ha | 1,007 kg/ha | 1,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,683 kg/ha | 1,548 kg/ha | 1,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,782 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | 2,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,068 kg/ha | 1,742 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,604 kg/ha | 2,011 kg/ha | 3,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,642 kg/ha | 2,209 kg/ha | 3,291 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 45.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Colombia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Colombia was 2,608 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,850 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,007 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Colombia rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Colombia ranks 19th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.