Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,539 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Uganda stood at 1,539 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Uganda peaked at 1,539 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.9 kg/ha, in 1980.
Uganda ranks 44th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 260.84 kg/ha | 146.5 kg/ha | 298.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193.83 kg/ha | 47.8 kg/ha | 324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 159.96 kg/ha | 42.9 kg/ha | 325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 281.41 kg/ha | 127 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 490.18 kg/ha | 240 kg/ha | 879.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,094 kg/ha | 716.2 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,420 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 1,539 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Uganda?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Uganda was 1,539 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,539 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.9 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Uganda rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Uganda ranks 44th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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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About this data
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.