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Cotton lint, ginned — Production by country

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...

Countries reporting
103
Highest
5.62 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
4,500 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,741

What the numbers show

Cotton lint, ginned — Production is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 5.62 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,500 t, and the mean is 304,912 t.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 529.0%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).

Cotton lint, ginned — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 5.62 million t 2023 down 10.8% rising
1 China, mainland 5.62 million t 2023 down 10.8% rising
3 India 5.53 million t 2023 down 8.6% volatile
4 Brazil 2.92 million t 2023 up 159.3% volatile
5 USSR 2.43 million t 1991 down 16.1% rising
6 Pakistan 1.74 million t 2023 down 19.9% rising
7 Australia 1.25 million t 2023 up 40.2% volatile
7 Australia and New Zealand 1.25 million t 2023 up 40.2% volatile
9 Uzbekistan 810,644 t 2023 down 25.9% falling
10 Türkiye 777,000 t 2023 down 11.5% rising
11 Kazakhstan 327,734 t 2023 up 150.2% volatile
12 Greece 305,000 t 2023 up 3.0% volatile
13 Argentina 295,014 t 2023 up 55.3% rising
14 Mali 239,001 t 2023 down 5.1% volatile
15 Benin 219,130 t 2023 up 104.8% volatile
16 Burkina Faso 214,865 t 2023 down 23.3% volatile
17 Mexico 190,000 t 2023 down 1.6% volatile
18 Cameroon 178,500 t 2023 up 96.2% volatile
19 Turkmenistan 178,083 t 2023 down 10.1% falling
20 Myanmar 153,213 t 2023 down 20.9% volatile
21 Nigeria 99,200 t 2023 up 5.1% volatile
22 Côte d'Ivoire 97,000 t 2023 down 27.3% volatile
23 Tajikistan 96,000 t 2023 down 14.0% falling
24 Azerbaijan 80,545 t 2023 up 381.2% volatile
25 Egypt 77,530 t 2023 down 17.5% falling
26 Ethiopia 63,320 t 2023 up 111.1% volatile
27 Sudan (former) 59,150 t 2009 up 21.9% falling
28 United Republic of Tanzania 54,000 t 2023 down 54.2% rising
29 Chad 49,000 t 2023 up 42.4% rising
30 Sudan 43,500 t 2023 down 2.3% rising
31 Uganda 41,905 t 2023 up 154.0% volatile
32 Spain 40,500 t 2023 down 16.4% falling
33 Afghanistan 40,410 t 2023 up 190.4% falling
34 Syrian Arab Republic 32,846 t 2023 down 74.9% volatile
35 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31,300 t 2023 down 48.4% falling
36 Zimbabwe 21,837 t 2023 down 71.6% volatile
37 Bangladesh 21,100 t 2023 up 0.5% volatile
38 Kyrgyzstan 20,946 t 2023 down 3.9% flat
39 Togo 19,322 t 2023 down 36.6% volatile
40 Zambia 18,400 t 2023 down 58.8% volatile
41 Guinea 15,959 t 2023 up 6.4% volatile
42 Israel 14,040 t 2023 up 20.0% volatile
43 Mozambique 12,542 t 2023 down 47.7% volatile
44 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
45 Colombia 11,920 t 2023 down 51.1% volatile
46 Peru 11,000 t 2023 down 59.3% volatile
47 Ethiopia PDR 10,000 t 1992 down 63.0% rising
48 Paraguay 9,424 t 2023 down 42.3% volatile
49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,752 t 2023 up 15.8% falling
50 Ghana 6,000 t 2023 down 1.6% volatile
51 Madagascar 4,801 t 2023 up 0.0% volatile
52 Senegal 4,500 t 2023 down 55.0% volatile
53 Malawi 4,000 t 2023 down 90.6% volatile
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,481 t 2023 up 169.1% volatile
55 Nicaragua 2,299 t 2023 up 105.3% volatile
56 Somalia 2,076 t 2023 up 5.9% rising
57 Niger 1,950 t 2023 up 21.9% rising
58 Tunisia 1,915 t 2023 down 12.2% volatile
59 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,740 t 2023 down 55.4% volatile
60 Yemen 1,723 t 2023 down 71.3% falling
61 Thailand 1,510 t 2023 up 26.9% volatile
62 Guinea-Bissau 1,464 t 2023 up 8.5% volatile
63 Ecuador 1,381 t 2023 down 3.4% volatile
64 Kenya 1,296 t 2023 down 69.1% falling
65 Angola 1,100 t 2023 up 10.0% volatile
66 Honduras 890.71 t 2023 up 10.0% volatile
67 Guatemala 591.91 t 2023 down 46.2% volatile
68 Eswatini 504.95 t 2023 up 20.2% volatile
69 Bulgaria 490.59 t 2023 up 529.0% volatile
70 Lao People's Democratic Republic 345 t 2023 down 67.1% volatile
71 Caribbean 330.92 t 2023 down 10.8% volatile
72 Burundi 315.03 t 2023 down 66.7% falling
73 Botswana 295.41 t 2023 down 1.5% volatile
74 Haiti 283.63 t 2023 down 14.1% volatile
75 Costa Rica 256.55 t 2023 down 61.4% volatile
76 Albania 240.97 t 2023 up 4.8% volatile
77 Gambia 181.07 t 2023 down 3.2% volatile
78 Cambodia 78.4 t 2023 up 8.9% volatile
79 Morocco 66.7 t 2023 up 1.1% volatile
80 Nepal 45.44 t 2023 down 13.4% volatile
81 Indonesia 40.74 t 2023 down 92.9% volatile
82 Antigua and Barbuda 30 t 2023 unchanged volatile
83 Algeria 27.99 t 2023 up 2.5% volatile
84 Philippines 25 t 2023 down 54.5% volatile
85 Grenada 15.78 t 2023 up 57.8% volatile
86 Yugoslav SFR 13 t 1991 down 95.8% volatile
87 Viet Nam 6.92 t 2023 down 99.4% volatile
88 Namibia 2.31 t 2007 down 99.7% volatile
89 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.51 t 2023 up 51.0% volatile
90 Iraq 0.35 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
91 Cuba 0 t 2018 — volatile
91 Cyprus 0 t 2009 — volatile
91 Dominican Republic 0 t 2009 — volatile
91 Italy 0 t 1999 down 100.0% volatile
91 Sri Lanka 0 t 2018 — volatile
91 Romania 0 t 2018 — volatile
91 Rwanda 0 t 2018 — volatile
91 El Salvador 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
91 Uruguay 0 t 2023 — volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 2009 — volatile
91 Guadeloupe 0 t 1992 — volatile
91 Republic of Korea 0 t 2009 — volatile
91 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t 2009 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cotton lint, ginned — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
133 places, 7,741 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.