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 18th out of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,453 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,355 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1963 | 1,432 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 1,288 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,225 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 1,268 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 1,520 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1968 | 1,678 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 1,512 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1970 | 1,410 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 1,472 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 1,694 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 1,335 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1974 | 1,626 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1975 | 1,428 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 1,431 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 1,274 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 1,007 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1979 | 1,510 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1980 | 1,628 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 1,659 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,548 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 1,700 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 1,728 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1,732 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 1,781 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,840 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 1,641 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1989 | 1,576 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 1,567 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 1,649 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 1,536 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 1,569 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,008 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 1,778 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 1,764 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,779 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,037 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 2,132 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 2,304 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 2,137 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 2,102 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 2,081 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 2,335 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 1,966 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 1,934 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,304 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2008 | 1,742 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 1,772 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 2,011 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 2,176 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 2,113 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,092 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,491 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 3,348 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 2016 | 3,850 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 2,132 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 2018 | 2,541 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 3,282 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 2,209 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 2021 | 3,291 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 2022 | 2,526 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2023 | 2,575 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 2,608 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2,608 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2,608 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
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, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (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 18th out of 94 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.