Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 936.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 936.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,210 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 352.4 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Western Africa 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 413.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 415 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 352.4 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 378.9 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 370.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 411.9 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 463.5 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 393.6 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1969 | 522 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1970 | 614.7 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1971 | 452.1 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1972 | 483.7 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 472.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 400 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1975 | 527.6 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1976 | 554.9 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 517.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 465.5 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 563.6 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1980 | 537.9 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 573.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 618.5 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 663.1 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 660.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 919.3 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1986 | 967.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 934.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 946.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 965.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 908.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 891.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 888.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,038 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 972.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 988.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 972.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,010 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 958.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 988.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 991.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,032 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 1,023 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,052 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 961.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 985.1 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 985 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 979.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,149 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 1,068 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 1,147 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 1,210 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 982 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2013 | 936.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 1,032 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 1,015 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,015 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 925.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 965.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 1,010 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1,006 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,031 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 861.2 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 856.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 936.3 kg/ha | +9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 413.44 kg/ha | 352.4 kg/ha | 522 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 505.2 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 614.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 778.62 kg/ha | 537.9 kg/ha | 967.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 961.75 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,023 kg/ha | 961.2 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,024 kg/ha | 925.7 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 938.38 kg/ha | 856.9 kg/ha | 1,031 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Western Africa?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Western Africa was 936.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,210 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 352.4 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Western Africa rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.