Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Mali
Mali: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,027 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mali recorded 1,027 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mali peaked at 1,346 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 244.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
Mali ranks 59th of 94 countries on this measure, 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 244.7 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1963 | 276.3 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1964 | 322.1 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 287.8 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1966 | 452 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 1967 | 508 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 576.1 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 804.6 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1970 | 803 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 878.5 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 855.2 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 732.3 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1974 | 899 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1975 | 1,183 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1976 | 1,108 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 1,142 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 1,129 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 1,269 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 1,056 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1981 | 1,218 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 1,304 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 1,346 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1,207 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 1,328 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 1,330 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,315 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,227 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,344 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 1,266 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 1,199 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 1,088 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 1,207 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 1,075 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 1,051 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 1,028 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 953.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 1,066 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 1,074 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 978.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 1,131 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 1,044 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 970.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 863.7 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 853.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,020 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 1,207 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 973.2 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2011 | 932 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 870.3 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 915.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 1,017 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 941.8 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 988.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,036 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 940.4 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 962.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 893 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 1,079 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 653.8 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2023 | 820.8 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2024 | 1,027 kg/ha | +25.1% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 1,027 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Mali's 1,027 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 417.06 kg/ha | 244.7 kg/ha | 804.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 999.96 kg/ha | 732.3 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,253 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,151 kg/ha | 953.3 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,021 kg/ha | 853.2 kg/ha | 1,207 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 957.67 kg/ha | 870.3 kg/ha | 1,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 894.8 kg/ha | 653.8 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 56 Sudan (former) 1,099 kg/ha compare
- 57 Madagascar 1,056 kg/ha compare
- 58 Turkmenistan 1,035 kg/ha compare
- 60 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 61 Nepal 985.9 kg/ha compare
- 62 Republic of Korea 978.6 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mali?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mali was 1,027 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1,346 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 244.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Mali rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Mali ranks 59th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.