Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,073 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1,073 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1,143 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 399.7 kg/ha, in 1964.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 471.8 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1963 | 457.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 399.7 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 428.9 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 469.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 496.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 509 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 582.3 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1970 | 582.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 545.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 545.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 519.9 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 659.3 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1975 | 639.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 543.8 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 580.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 562.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 573.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 571.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 609.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 714.2 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1983 | 732.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 769.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 795.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 780.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 830.3 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 794 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 825.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 879.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 822.5 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 869.6 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 844.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 860.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 924.8 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 909.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 851.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 829.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 827.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 791.9 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 869.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 849.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 894.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 903.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 901 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 946.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 829 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 934.7 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 949.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 977.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,002 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 939.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 973.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,075 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 973.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 1,015 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 1,051 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 995 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,054 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 1,094 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 1,143 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 895.9 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 1,022 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2024 | 1,073 kg/ha | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 468.54 kg/ha | 399.7 kg/ha | 582.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 575.25 kg/ha | 519.9 kg/ha | 659.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 742.28 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 830.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 862.05 kg/ha | 822.5 kg/ha | 924.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 886.88 kg/ha | 791.9 kg/ha | 949.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,006 kg/ha | 939.6 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 kg/ha | 895.9 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 7 Israel 4,179 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,378 kg/ha compare
- 8 Mexico 4,049 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,185 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nicaragua 3,626 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 3,592 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 3,051 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 3,042 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 633.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 2,903 kg/ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 452.4 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1,073 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,143 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 399.7 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 10th out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.