Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 4,049 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 4,049 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mexico peaked at 5,122 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 8th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,634 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 1,675 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,852 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 1,924 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 1,984 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,979 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 2,212 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 2,038 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 2,164 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 2,246 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 2,082 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1973 | 2,329 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 2,317 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 2,400 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 2,481 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 2,852 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 2,993 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 2,765 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 3,054 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 2,785 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 3,136 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1983 | 3,049 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 2,863 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 3,070 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 2,493 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1987 | 3,354 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1988 | 2,707 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1989 | 2,626 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 2,518 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 2,247 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 1,983 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 1,912 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 2,014 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 2,277 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 2,493 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 3,053 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1998 | 2,876 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 2,970 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 2,898 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 3,127 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 3,113 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,457 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 3,532 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 3,127 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 3,842 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2007 | 3,485 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 3,664 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3,866 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 3,900 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3,857 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 4,314 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 4,735 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 4,694 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 4,454 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 4,675 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 4,762 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 4,832 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 4,425 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 4,686 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 5,122 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 4,694 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 4,519 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 4,049 kg/ha | -10.4% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 4,049 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 4,049 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,867 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,212 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,463 kg/ha | 2,082 kg/ha | 2,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,914 kg/ha | 2,493 kg/ha | 3,354 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,434 kg/ha | 1,912 kg/ha | 3,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,411 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 3,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,465 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 4,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,614 kg/ha | 4,049 kg/ha | 5,122 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 5 Brazil 4,282 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,993 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bangladesh 4,279 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,715 kg/ha compare
- 7 Israel 4,179 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,378 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
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mexico?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Mexico was 4,049 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 5,122 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Mexico ranks 8th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.