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Genetically modified plants:
Global Cultivation Area

Cotton

Acreage of cotton in million hectares worldwide

 

GM cotton share in the total cotton acreage of a country

 

  Year Cultivation Area in Million Hectares  
Total Cotton GM Cotton GMO
Ratio
Global 1997 52.3 1.4 11%
2008 33 15 47%
2009 33 16 49%
USA 1997 5.21 1.3 25%
2008 3.7 3.2 86%
2008 3.6 3.2 88%
China 1998 4.72 0.034 0.7%
2007 6.0 3.8 68%
2009 5.6 >3.7 60%
India 2002 7.85 0.04 0.5%
2008 9.1 6.95 76%
Argentina 1998 0.8 0.08 10%
2007 0.4 0.38 95%
Australia 1997 0.4 0.06 15%
2007 0.05* 0.047* 95%
Indonesia 2001   0.004  
2003 0.012    
Colombia 2002   2,000  
2007 0.072 0.022 30.6%
Mexico 2003 0.07 0.025 36%
2007 0.012 0.065 56.5%
South Africa 1998   12,000  
2007 0.01 0,009 90%
2009 0,009 0,009 98%
Burkina Faso 2008 0.4 0,0085 2%
2009 0.4 0,115 29%
Brazil 2009 0.84 0,145 18%

* estimated acreage

The figures are based on international agricultural statistics, partly on estimates and unverified press reports. The country summary shows the first information about cultivation of GM cotton as well as the recent state of acreage. Missing figures do not mean that the cultivation of GM plants has been stopped. In the overview for the countries the first and last years of cultivation have been given.

 
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