Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,378 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 1,378 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 1,746 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 437.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 19th out of 26 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 437.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500.2 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1963 | 526.4 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 483 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 495.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 503.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 543.8 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 563.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 556.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 534.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 649.8 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1972 | 635.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 655.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 673.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 597.7 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1976 | 581.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 615.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 597.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 642.2 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 639.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 641.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 663.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 514.5 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1984 | 804.9 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 1985 | 853.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 829.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 884 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 918.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 1,029 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 1,027 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,134 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 1,046 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 987.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 1,041 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 1,038 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,029 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 905.4 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 921.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,036 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2000 | 947.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 900.5 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 958.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,193 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2004 | 1,354 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 1,386 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,507 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 1,569 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 1,449 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 1,433 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,691 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 1,721 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1,653 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,746 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 1,581 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 1,416 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 1,696 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 1,546 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 1,313 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 1,529 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 1,368 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 1,406 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,163 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 1,424 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 1,378 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 512.22 kg/ha | 437.2 kg/ha | 563.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 618.33 kg/ha | 534.5 kg/ha | 673.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 777.82 kg/ha | 514.5 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,017 kg/ha | 905.4 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,270 kg/ha | 900.5 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,589 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,348 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 1,424 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Asia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Southern Asia was 1,378 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,746 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 437.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.