Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in World
World: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,362 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in World stood at 2,362 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in World peaked at 2,463 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 862.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places World 12th 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 862.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 914.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 984 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 1,004 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,063 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,071 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,012 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 1,083 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 1,014 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 1,042 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 1,067 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 1,097 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,165 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 1,188 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 1,113 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 1,106 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 1,159 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 1,099 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 1,227 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 1,206 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 1,319 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 1,338 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 1,361 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 1,586 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 1,523 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,445 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 1,615 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 1,568 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 1,554 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,639 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 1,731 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 1,556 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 1,578 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,652 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,598 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 1,613 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,613 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,571 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,632 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1,678 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,741 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 1,754 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,798 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 2,022 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 2,007 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 2,074 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 2,201 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 2,139 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 2,051 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 2,184 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 2,314 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 2,287 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2,263 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,208 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 2,093 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 2,256 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 2,148 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 2,206 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,463 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 2,272 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 2,272 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,225 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 2,324 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 2,362 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,001 kg/ha | 862.4 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,126 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 1,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,452 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,618 kg/ha | 1,556 kg/ha | 1,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,947 kg/ha | 1,678 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,242 kg/ha | 2,093 kg/ha | 2,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,291 kg/ha | 2,225 kg/ha | 2,362 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 9 Nicaragua 3,626 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 3,592 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 3,051 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 3,042 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 633.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 2,903 kg/ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 452.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 422.1 kg/ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 2,835 kg/ha compare
- 15 Egypt 2,800 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in World?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in World was 2,362 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2,463 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 862.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- World ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.