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 48th out of 104 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 45 Sudan 1,466 kg/ha compare
- 46 Iraq 1,449 kg/ha compare
- 47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,378 kg/ha compare
- 49 North Macedonia 1,333 kg/ha compare
- 50 Afghanistan 1,321 kg/ha compare
- 51 India 1,310 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (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 48th out of 104 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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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.