Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,661 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 1,661 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,977 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 537.6 kg/ha, in 1969.
Thailand ranks 38th of 94 countries 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 725.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 715 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 698.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 743 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 825.1 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 1,121 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1967 | 835.1 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1968 | 1,128 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1969 | 537.6 kg/ha | -52.3% |
| 1970 | 957.1 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1971 | 958.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 930 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,082 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1974 | 1,137 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 1,009 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1976 | 1,126 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 1,139 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,178 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 1,215 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 1,333 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 1,154 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 1,139 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 1,192 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 1,137 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 1,254 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 1,173 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 1,171 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,497 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1989 | 1,363 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 1,360 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,315 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 1,390 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 1,348 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,413 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 1,470 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 1,463 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1,449 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 1,405 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 1,360 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 1,424 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,452 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,324 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 1,900 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2004 | 1,977 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 1,219 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 2006 | 1,161 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 1,147 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,667 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2009 | 1,296 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 1,600 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2011 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,650 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1,600 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,657 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 1,652 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,661 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1,661 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1,661 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,661 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +78.0% | 537.6 kg/ha | 957.1 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -52.3% | 1,128 kg/ha | 537.6 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +45.3% | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +43.4% | 1,324 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -38.4% | 1,977 kg/ha | 1,219 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +35.9% | 825.1 kg/ha | 1,121 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 814.27 kg/ha | 537.6 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg/ha | 930 kg/ha | 1,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,241 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,397 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,457 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,611 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,654 kg/ha | 1,652 kg/ha | 1,661 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Thailand?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Thailand was 1,661 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,977 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 537.6 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Thailand rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Thailand ranks 38th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.