Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Niger
Niger: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,708 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 1,708 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Niger peaked at 1,728 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 196.4 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Niger 40th out of 104 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 432.06 kg/ha | 358.1 kg/ha | 570.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 507.72 kg/ha | 391.6 kg/ha | 678.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 782.7 kg/ha | 495 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 904.69 kg/ha | 196.4 kg/ha | 1,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,355 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 1,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,585 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 1,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,696 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,710 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture share gdp 47.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 47.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 81.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Rural population 22.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1,083 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Niger?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Niger was 1,708 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 1,728 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 196.4 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Niger rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Niger ranks 40th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.