Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,368 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe is 1,368 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,084 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 265.1 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Zimbabwe 43rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,101 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 973.3 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1963 | 1,221 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1964 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 1,180 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,468 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1967 | 1,940 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1968 | 1,157 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1969 | 1,818 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 1970 | 1,253 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1971 | 1,625 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1972 | 1,634 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,167 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 1,146 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 1,161 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,436 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1977 | 1,230 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 1,229 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,497 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1980 | 1,752 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 1,364 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1982 | 1,237 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 1,102 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 1,388 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 1,312 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 1,337 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 987.5 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1988 | 1,189 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1989 | 1,056 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 822.6 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 782.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 265.1 kg/ha | -66.1% |
| 1993 | 855.5 kg/ha | +222.7% |
| 1994 | 865.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 472.8 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 1996 | 1,006 kg/ha | +112.8% |
| 1997 | 649.5 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1998 | 759 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 635.2 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 856.6 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2001 | 728.7 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2002 | 483.2 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2003 | 817.6 kg/ha | +69.2% |
| 2004 | 1,098 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2005 | 667.7 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 2006 | 781.4 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 642.4 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2008 | 809.4 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 726.2 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 1,077 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2011 | 901.6 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 691.3 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2013 | 1,203 kg/ha | +74.0% |
| 2014 | 879.2 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2015 | 588 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2016 | 497.7 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 1,473 kg/ha | +196.0% |
| 2018 | 1,258 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 908.2 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2020 | 1,247 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2021 | 2,084 kg/ha | +67.1% |
| 2022 | 1,556 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2023 | 1,317 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 1,368 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1,368 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1,368 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +222.7% | 265.1 kg/ha | 855.5 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +196.0% | 497.7 kg/ha | 1,473 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,343 kg/ha | 973.3 kg/ha | 1,940 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,338 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 1,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,272 kg/ha | 987.5 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 711.4 kg/ha | 265.1 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 761.13 kg/ha | 483.2 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 947.71 kg/ha | 497.7 kg/ha | 1,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,247 kg/ha | 2,084 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Zimbabwe was 1,368 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,084 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 265.1 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 43rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.