Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Northern America
Northern America: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,860 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 2,860 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Northern America peaked at 2,860 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,211 kg/ha, in 1980.
Northern America ranks 10th of 26 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,349 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,396 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1,556 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 1,574 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,593 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 1,468 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 1,401 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 1,602 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 1,312 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1970 | 1,309 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,320 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1,499 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1973 | 1,522 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,301 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 1,328 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,368 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,516 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 1,243 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1979 | 1,623 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1980 | 1,211 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1981 | 1,644 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1982 | 1,754 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 1,508 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1984 | 1,785 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 1,863 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 1,624 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 2,081 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1988 | 1,831 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 1,787 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,851 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1,929 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 2,036 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 1,791 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 2,074 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 1,561 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1996 | 2,069 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1997 | 1,914 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 1,826 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 1,741 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 1,814 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 1,998 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 1,862 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 2,063 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 2,373 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 2,305 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 2,262 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 2,393 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 2,185 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,106 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 2,188 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 2,545 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 2,725 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 2,498 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 2,589 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 2,592 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,621 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,671 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,687 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,713 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,744 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 2,778 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,802 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 2,831 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 2,860 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,472 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 1,602 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,403 kg/ha | 1,243 kg/ha | 1,623 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 2,081 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,879 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | 2,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,136 kg/ha | 1,814 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,583 kg/ha | 2,188 kg/ha | 2,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,803 kg/ha | 2,744 kg/ha | 2,860 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 7 Israel 4,179 kg/ha compare
- 8 Mexico 4,049 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nicaragua 3,626 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 3,592 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 3,051 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 3,042 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 2,903 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Northern America?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Northern America was 2,860 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,860 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,211 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Northern America rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Northern America ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.