Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,350 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 2,350 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 2,985 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 528.2 kg/ha, in 1967.
Southern Africa ranks 13th 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,154 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,030 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1963 | 1,133 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 709.1 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1965 | 1,228 kg/ha | +73.1% |
| 1966 | 659.7 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1967 | 528.2 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1968 | 573.1 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 748.4 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1970 | 542 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1971 | 1,436 kg/ha | +165.0% |
| 1972 | 559.3 kg/ha | -61.1% |
| 1973 | 621 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 1,220 kg/ha | +96.4% |
| 1975 | 1,892 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1976 | 1,374 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1977 | 1,384 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 1,530 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 1,367 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 1,350 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,281 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 920.4 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1983 | 673.3 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1984 | 908.3 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1985 | 1,092 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 958.2 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 945.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 1,074 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 1,057 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,267 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 1,288 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 902 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1993 | 926 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,010 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 1,161 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 1,292 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 853.7 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1998 | 1,026 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1999 | 1,148 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 1,068 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 1,520 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2002 | 1,059 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2003 | 1,655 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 2004 | 1,863 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 2,235 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 2,184 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 2,555 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2008 | 2,559 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,798 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 2,821 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 2,985 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,859 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,681 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2014 | 2,396 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2015 | 2,792 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 2,909 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 2,131 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 2,618 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2019 | 2,845 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 2,417 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 2,279 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 2,097 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 2,187 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 2,350 kg/ha | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 862.59 kg/ha | 528.2 kg/ha | 1,228 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,192 kg/ha | 542 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,026 kg/ha | 673.3 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,087 kg/ha | 853.7 kg/ha | 1,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,950 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 2,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,604 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,266 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 14 Kazakhstan 2,835 kg/ha compare
- 15 Egypt 2,800 kg/ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 2,788 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Africa?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Africa was 2,350 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,985 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 528.2 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Southern Africa rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.