China, mainland vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries: Cotton lint — Production

China, mainland
6.30 million t
in 2013
Low Income Food Deficit Countries
10.82 million t
in 2013
China, mainland rank
1st
Low Income Food Deficit Countries rank
2nd

Cotton lint — Production over time

  • China, mainland
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M196119872013

How they compare

Low Income Food Deficit Countries currently reports 10.82 million t against 6.30 million t in China, mainland, a difference of 4.52 million t.

That makes Low Income Food Deficit Countries's figure about 1.7 times China, mainland's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Low Income Food Deficit Countries ahead.

China, mainland ranks 1st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries ranks 2nd of 90 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, China, mainland averaged higher in 1 and Low Income Food Deficit Countries in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Low Income Food Deficit Countries Difference Ahead
1960s 1.74 million t 2.12 million t 379,364 t Low Income Food Deficit Countries
1970s 2.22 million t 2.62 million t 400,882 t Low Income Food Deficit Countries
1980s 4.00 million t 3.26 million t 747,843 t China, mainland
1990s 4.47 million t 5.85 million t 1.38 million t Low Income Food Deficit Countries
2000s 5.98 million t 7.53 million t 1.55 million t Low Income Food Deficit Countries
2010s 6.42 million t 10.48 million t 4.06 million t Low Income Food Deficit Countries

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cotton lint — production, China, mainland or Low Income Food Deficit Countries?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries, at 10.82 million t against 6.30 million t in China, mainland as of 2013.
What is the difference in cotton lint — production between China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries?
4.52 million t, with Low Income Food Deficit Countries ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries?
53 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2013.
How do China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries rank globally for cotton lint — production?
China, mainland ranks 1st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries ranks 2nd of 90 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cotton lint — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cotton lint — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
125 places, 6,309 data points, 1961–2013
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Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.