Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in South America
South America: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 3,718 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in South America is 3,718 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in South America peaked at 3,927 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 566.9 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places South America 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 767.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 810.9 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 793.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 751.5 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 725.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 831.7 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 570.5 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1968 | 631.5 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 623.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 596.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 585.4 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 586.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 658.4 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 700.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 640.5 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 566.9 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 633.9 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1978 | 600.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 612.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 627.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 687.6 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 692 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 685.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 876.2 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1985 | 948.5 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 883.5 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 978.9 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 1,200 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1989 | 1,094 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 1,225 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 1,301 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 1,075 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1993 | 1,273 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 1,253 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 1,403 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 1,356 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,257 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 1,262 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,568 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2000 | 1,981 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2001 | 2,168 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 2,236 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 2,400 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 2,541 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 2,280 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 2,374 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 2,858 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 3,070 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 2,838 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 2,834 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,939 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 2,863 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,949 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 3,146 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 3,186 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,991 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 3,707 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2018 | 3,877 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3,927 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,776 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 3,463 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 3,737 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 3,718 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 723.06 kg/ha | 570.5 kg/ha | 831.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 618.05 kg/ha | 566.9 kg/ha | 700.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 867.33 kg/ha | 627.5 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,297 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,474 kg/ha | 1,981 kg/ha | 3,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,240 kg/ha | 2,834 kg/ha | 3,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,724 kg/ha | 3,463 kg/ha | 3,927 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in South America?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in South America was 3,718 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,927 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 566.9 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does South America rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- South America ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.