Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Spain
Spain: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,227 kg/ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Spain, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 2,227 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.3% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Spain peaked at 3,995 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 980.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
Spain ranks 21st of 94 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 995.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 980.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 1,084 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 1,143 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 1,260 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 1,142 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 1,377 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 1,682 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1969 | 1,203 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1970 | 1,760 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1971 | 1,589 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 1,448 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 1,504 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 1,601 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 2,568 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 1976 | 2,227 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1977 | 1,778 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1978 | 2,237 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1979 | 2,717 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1980 | 3,023 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 2,845 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 3,213 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 3,050 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 2,742 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 3,199 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1986 | 3,270 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 3,119 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 2,568 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 2,804 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 3,092 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 3,316 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 2,776 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 2,834 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 3,453 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1995 | 3,254 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 3,592 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 3,270 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 3,403 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 3,576 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 3,214 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 3,479 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 3,528 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 3,117 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 3,945 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 3,995 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,320 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2007 | 1,949 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 1,059 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 2009 | 1,351 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2010 | 1,820 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2011 | 2,723 kg/ha | +49.6% |
| 2012 | 2,738 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,288 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 3,046 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2015 | 3,048 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,723 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 3,152 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 3,264 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 3,175 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,095 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 3,020 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,227 kg/ha | -26.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 2,227 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,232 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Spain's 2,227 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,093 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,207 kg/ha | 980.9 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,943 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 2,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,983 kg/ha | 2,568 kg/ha | 3,270 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,257 kg/ha | 2,776 kg/ha | 3,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,796 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 3,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,798 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 3,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,781 kg/ha | 2,227 kg/ha | 3,095 kg/ha | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Spain?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Spain was 2,227 kg/ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 3,995 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 980.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Spain ranks 21st out of 94 countries with data for 2022.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.