Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 564.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 564.7 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Eswatini peaked at 1,750 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 401.1 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Eswatini 81st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,106 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 592.2 kg/ha | -46.5% |
| 1963 | 560.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 419.8 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1965 | 470.7 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 497.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 669.6 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1968 | 477.2 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1969 | 454.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 515 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 960 kg/ha | +86.4% |
| 1972 | 1,022 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 994.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 1,604 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 1975 | 1,025 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1976 | 1,150 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 1,127 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,114 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 861.3 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1980 | 1,019 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1981 | 1,244 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1982 | 1,096 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1983 | 608.5 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 1984 | 1,119 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 1985 | 1,074 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,107 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 1,153 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 984.3 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 900 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1990 | 1,440 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1991 | 1,478 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 445 kg/ha | -69.9% |
| 1993 | 950 kg/ha | +113.5% |
| 1994 | 876.9 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 940 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 1,413 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 1997 | 790.3 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 1998 | 775.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 655.1 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 401.1 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2001 | 947.9 kg/ha | +136.3% |
| 2002 | 560.7 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2003 | 528.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 1,750 kg/ha | +231.1% |
| 2005 | 974 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2006 | 1,667 kg/ha | +71.1% |
| 2007 | 611.1 kg/ha | -63.3% |
| 2008 | 611.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 638.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 627.1 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 627.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 680 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 560 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2014 | 508.5 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 647.1 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2016 | 642.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 625.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 646.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 634 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 601 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 596.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 590.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 577.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 564.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 564.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 564.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +231.1% | 528.6 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +136.3% | 401.1 kg/ha | 947.9 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +113.5% | 445 kg/ha | 950 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 583.16 kg/ha | 419.8 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,037 kg/ha | 515 kg/ha | 1,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,031 kg/ha | 608.5 kg/ha | 1,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 976.41 kg/ha | 445 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 869.01 kg/ha | 401.1 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 619.84 kg/ha | 508.5 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 586.08 kg/ha | 564.7 kg/ha | 601 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Eswatini?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Eswatini was 564.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1,750 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 401.1 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Eswatini rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 81st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.