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Urea to Cotton Ratio
The urea to cotton ratio is 459.6 — Urea at $409.00 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Urea to Cotton ratio
1.000 T of urea = 459.551 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/UREA): 0.002176 — one Pound of cotton buys that much urea.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (4th percentile of the last 1 year)
Urea
$409.00
per Metric Ton
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of urea. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:24:24 GMT.
1Y average
639.2
median 590.6
1Y low
442.6
Jun 17, 2026
1Y high
1007
Mar 26, 2026
Normal band
497.8–780.7
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.27σ
250 observations
Urea to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the UREA/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Urea / Cotton price chart below.
UREA/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one T of Urea buys, over 1Y.
UREA/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the UREA/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Urea and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the urea to cotton ratio
Urea to Cotton ratio = Urea price per Metric Ton ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of urea — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $409.00 ÷ $0.8900 = 459.6. The inverse is 0.002176.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the urea to cotton ratio today?
The urea to cotton ratio is 459.6 — Urea at $409.00 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the urea to cotton ratio?
Divide the urea price per Metric Ton by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of urea.
What is the inverse of the urea to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to urea, is 0.002176 — how many Metric Tons of urea one Pound of cotton buys.