Cotton lint — Export Quantity in World
World: Cotton lint — Export Quantity was 9.48 million t in 2013. ▲ Rising
Cotton lint — Export Quantity in World, 1961–2013
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint — export quantity in World is 9.48 million t, measured in 2013.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint — export quantity in World peaked at 9.79 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.28 million t, in 1962.
That places World 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2013, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.66 million t | 3.28 million t | 3.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.02 million t | 3.69 million t | 4.59 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.60 million t | 4.04 million t | 5.82 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.32 million t | 4.70 million t | 5.99 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.04 million t | 5.49 million t | 8.95 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.78 million t | 7.66 million t | 9.79 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint — export quantity in World?
- Cotton lint — export quantity in World was 9.48 million t in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint — export quantity recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 9.79 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest cotton lint — export quantity recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.28 million t in 1962.
- How does World rank for cotton lint — export quantity?
- World ranks 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2013.
- Is cotton lint — export quantity rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint — Export Quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.