Cotton lint, ginned — Export quantity by country
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.
Countries reporting
134
Highest
1.62 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
Cambodia
Median
46.31 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
1,995
What the numbers show
Cotton lint, ginned — Export quantity is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 1.62 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.31 t, and the mean is 45,696 t.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 122,227.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 100.0%).
Cotton lint, ginned — Export quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1.62 million t | 2023 | up 182.4% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 1.32 million t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.32 million t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 288,338 t | 2023 | up 503.1% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 344,866 t | 2023 | down 85.4% | falling |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 59,642 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Greece | 212,075 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29,920 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 124,346 t | 2023 | down 54.1% | flat |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 109,258 t | 2023 | up 112.6% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 228 t | 2023 | down 87.0% | falling |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 77,910 t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 166.59 t | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 70,408 t | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 69,381 t | 2023 | up 1,646.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 25.13 t | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 65,750 t | 2023 | up 225.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.21 t | 2022 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 54,949 t | 2023 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.03 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 31,542 t | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Polynesia | 0.01 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.01 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Spain | 31,046 t | 2023 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 23,305 t | 2023 | up 50.4% | falling |
| 16 | Mexico | 19,975 t | 2023 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 19,519 t | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Paraguay | 17,299 t | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 92,672 t | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 19 | Cameroon | 15,527 t | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 13,962 t | 2023 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 12,641 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 11,345 t | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 9,154 t | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Mozambique | 8,762 t | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 25 | China | 7,589 t | 2023 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 26 | China, mainland | 7,017 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Uganda | 5,819 t | 2023 | up 142.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 5,556 t | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 4.19 t | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 4,375 t | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 3,421 t | 2023 | up 283.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 3,187 t | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 2,457 t | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Nigeria | 2,357 t | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 2,243 t | 2023 | up 395.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 1,765 t | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Italy | 1,747 t | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Madagascar | 1,581 t | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Slovakia | 1,223 t | 2023 | up 122,227.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Belgium | 1,163 t | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 1,044 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Germany | 810.52 t | 2023 | down 90.2% | falling |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of | 551.46 t | 2023 | up 625.6% | volatile |
| 43 | France | 513.08 t | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahamas | 470 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 378.82 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Thailand | 373.19 t | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 329.86 t | 2023 | up 3,198.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 316.11 t | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 314.51 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 258.19 t | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 246.53 t | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Latvia | 187 t | 2023 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 184.13 t | 2023 | up 206.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Eswatini | 154.1 t | 2023 | up 670.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 125.38 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 97.49 t | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Morocco | 84.48 t | 2023 | up 8,348.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 76.92 t | 2023 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 68.51 t | 2023 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 60 | El Salvador | 53.25 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 47.88 t | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Oman | 44.74 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Lesotho | 44.18 t | 2022 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Georgia | 44.15 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Estonia | 42.71 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.24 t | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 36.63 t | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Algeria | 35.57 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Namibia | 33 t | 2023 | up 1,550.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 28.1 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Rwanda | 27.8 t | 2022 | up 8,587.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Mauritius | 25.4 t | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Colombia | 22.11 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Yemen | 21.42 t | 2015 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 75 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 21 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Republic of Korea | 18.02 t | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Iraq | 17.9 t | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia | 11.72 t | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Nepal | 10.61 t | 2023 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 10.38 t | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 10.05 t | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 9.61 t | 2023 | up 380.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Jamaica | 7.39 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 6.98 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 6.82 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Lebanon | 5.19 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Angola | 5 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Denmark | 4.49 t | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Barbados | 3.85 t | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Sweden | 3.25 t | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Niger | 3 t | 2016 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 1.5 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Finland | 1.4 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 1.38 t | 2021 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Ukraine | 1.03 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Lithuania | 1.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Canada | 0.42 t | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 0.42 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.34 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 0.26 t | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Ireland | 0.2 t | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Kenya | 0.2 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 0.2 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 0.15 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Uruguay | 0.15 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Chile | 0.09 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 0.09 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.03 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 108 | New Zealand | 0.03 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Guinea | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Gambia | 0.02 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Honduras | 0.02 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Slovenia | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Botswana | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Cyprus | 0.01 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Samoa | 0.01 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Russian Federation | 0.01 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Belarus | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Croatia | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Haiti | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Jordan | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Cambodia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.60 million t
- Asia 1.09 million t
- Americas 4.51 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 310,258 t
- Northern America 2.80 million t
- United States of America 2.80 million t
- South America 1.69 million t
- Oceania 1.32 million t
- Middle Africa 15,532 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 535,349 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 507,746 t
- Southern Asia 442,832 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 29.59 t
- Africa 434,761 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 401,639 t
- Western Asia 399,127 t
- Europe 251,888 t
- European Union (27) 251,663 t
- Southern Europe 246,685 t
- Western Africa 232,541 t
- Central Asia 214,876 t
- Eastern Africa 113,541 t
- Northern Africa 70,502 t
- South-Eastern Asia 26,147 t
- Central America 20,204 t
- Eastern Asia 7,607 t
- Western Europe 3,175 t
- Southern Africa 2,644 t
- Eastern Europe 1,739 t
- Northern Europe 288.37 t
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.