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 36th 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 570.6 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1963 | 457.6 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1964 | 456.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 366.5 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1966 | 410.9 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 358.1 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 390.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 477.4 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1970 | 480 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 407.5 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 408.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 391.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 520.2 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1975 | 678.2 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1976 | 562.7 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1977 | 506.4 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 483.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 639.3 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1980 | 674.2 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 853.6 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1982 | 1,199 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1983 | 1,034 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 839.4 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1985 | 796.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 863.8 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 500 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1988 | 571.4 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 495 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 196.4 kg/ha | -60.3% |
| 1991 | 208.3 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | +380.1% |
| 1993 | 1,160 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 1,179 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1,167 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,152 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,143 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 724.4 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1999 | 1,117 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 2000 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,176 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1,213 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,275 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 1,316 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,360 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,404 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 1,449 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,490 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 1,728 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 1,569 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 1,711 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 1,502 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 1,522 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,541 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1,561 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,581 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,601 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,621 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,641 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,680 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,710 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,684 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,696 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,708 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 1,708 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Niger's 1,708 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Niger changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +380.1% | 208.3 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -60.3% | 495 kg/ha | 196.4 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +54.3% | 724.4 kg/ha | 1,117 kg/ha |
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, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (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 36th out of 94 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.