Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 399.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 399.5 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Somalia peaked at 505 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 240 kg/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 86th of 94 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 240 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 272.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 258 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 329 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1965 | 330 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 330 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 330 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 325 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 305.3 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 318.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 303.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 303 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 252.5 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 265.2 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 277.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 277.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 340.8 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1980 | 340.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 252.5 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1982 | 416.7 kg/ha | +65.0% |
| 1983 | 340.8 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1984 | 340.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 340.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 340.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 405.4 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 505 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1989 | 378.8 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 378.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 378.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 363.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 404 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 400 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 413.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 400 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 466.7 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 400 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 404 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 400 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 420 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 420 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 400 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 411.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 411.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 388.9 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 396.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 401.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 402.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 403.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 403 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 402.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 402.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 402.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 402.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 399.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 399.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 399.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +65.0% | 252.5 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +27.5% | 258 kg/ha | 329 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -25.9% | 340.8 kg/ha | 252.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 298.86 kg/ha | 240 kg/ha | 330 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 296.91 kg/ha | 252.5 kg/ha | 340.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 366.24 kg/ha | 252.5 kg/ha | 505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 400.52 kg/ha | 363.6 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 404.4 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 401.92 kg/ha | 388.9 kg/ha | 411.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 402.02 kg/ha | 399.5 kg/ha | 402.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Somalia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Somalia was 399.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 505 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Somalia ranks 86th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.