Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in India
India: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,310 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 1,310 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in India peaked at 1,618 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 357.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places India 46th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 357.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 427.4 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1963 | 435.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 403.2 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 392.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 397.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 437.1 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1968 | 433.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 426.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 391.8 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 504 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 473.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 494.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 533.3 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 486.1 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 487 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 489.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 520.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 506.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 516.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 519.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 508.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 439.5 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 612.2 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1985 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 527.9 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 524.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 632.6 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1989 | 788.5 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 702.7 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 673.6 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 803.2 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1993 | 779.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 802.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 756.2 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 828.9 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 650.1 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1998 | 698.7 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 703.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 597.9 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 583.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 597.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 960 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 2004 | 993.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,133 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 1,315 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 1,461 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 1,258 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 1,238 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,594 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2011 | 1,575 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,517 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,618 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 1,413 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 1,343 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 1,598 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 1,402 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 1,164 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 1,471 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2020 | 1,316 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 1,295 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1,160 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 1,293 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 1,310 kg/ha | +1.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,310 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 412.41 kg/ha | 357.9 kg/ha | 437.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 488.73 kg/ha | 391.8 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 568.5 kg/ha | 439.5 kg/ha | 788.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 739.84 kg/ha | 650.1 kg/ha | 828.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,014 kg/ha | 583.6 kg/ha | 1,461 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,470 kg/ha | 1,164 kg/ha | 1,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,275 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in India?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in India was 1,310 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,618 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 357.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- India ranks 46th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.