Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,032 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Morocco stood at 2,032 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Morocco peaked at 2,300 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 783.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 27th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 783.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,062 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1963 | 1,141 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 1,269 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 1,343 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,449 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 1,030 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1968 | 1,281 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1969 | 1,243 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,119 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 1,548 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1972 | 1,719 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,093 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1974 | 994.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 1,303 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1976 | 1,221 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 949.4 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 1,366 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1979 | 1,846 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1980 | 1,296 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1981 | 1,726 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1982 | 1,933 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 2,265 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1984 | 1,417 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1985 | 1,784 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1986 | 1,886 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 2,183 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 1,648 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1989 | 1,980 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1990 | 1,620 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 1,750 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 2,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 1,183 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1994 | 1,733 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1995 | 1,283 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1996 | 1,900 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1997 | 2,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 2,300 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2002 | 1,675 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 823.5 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 2004 | 1,538 kg/ha | +86.8% |
| 2005 | 1,822 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 2,076 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,100 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,048 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,067 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 2,085 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,984 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 2,064 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,964 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 2,003 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 2,062 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 2,010 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 2,025 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,032 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 2,032 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 2,032 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,713 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,178 kg/ha | 783.3 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,316 kg/ha | 949.4 kg/ha | 1,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,812 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 2,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,714 kg/ha | 1,183 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,846 kg/ha | 823.5 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,046 kg/ha | 1,964 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,026 kg/ha | 2,003 kg/ha | 2,062 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Morocco?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Morocco was 2,032 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 783.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Morocco ranks 27th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.