Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Algeria
Algeria: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 27.99 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Algeria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint, ginned — production in Algeria is 27.99 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Algeria peaked at 978 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 13.65 t, in 2008.
That places Algeria 74th out of 93 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Algeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 870 t | — |
| 1962 | 850 t | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 850 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 875 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 978 t | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 683 t | -30.2% |
| 1967 | 740 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 814 t | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 802 t | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 220 t | -72.6% |
| 1971 | 382 t | +73.6% |
| 1972 | 615 t | +61.0% |
| 1973 | 655 t | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 261 t | -60.2% |
| 1975 | 314 t | +20.3% |
| 1976 | 209 t | -33.4% |
| 1977 | 22 t | -89.5% |
| 1978 | 33 t | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 20 t | -39.4% |
| 1980 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 18.9 t | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 23.1 t | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 22.75 t | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 21 t | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 16.1 t | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 20.3 t | +26.1% |
| 1997 | 25.2 t | +24.1% |
| 1998 | 21.7 t | -13.9% |
| 1999 | 21 t | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 19.95 t | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 22.75 t | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 19.6 t | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 17.5 t | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 22.05 t | +26.0% |
| 2005 | 22.75 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 16.45 t | -27.7% |
| 2007 | 16.8 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 13.65 t | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 14 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 21.7 t | +55.0% |
| 2011 | 24.5 t | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 26.25 t | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 27.3 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 26 t | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27.55 t | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 28.04 t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 28.31 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 27.78 t | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 27.99 t | +0.8% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 27.99 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 986.42 t, 3% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 27.99 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,915 t, 1% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -89.5% | 209 t | 22 t |
| 1971 | +73.6% | 220 t | 382 t |
| 1970 | -72.6% | 802 t | 220 t |
| 1972 | +61.0% | 382 t | 615 t |
| 1974 | -60.2% | 655 t | 261 t |
| 2010 | +55.0% | 14 t | 21.7 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 829.11 t | 683 t | 978 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 273.1 t | 20 t | 655 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.9 t | 20 t | 21 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.11 t | 16.1 t | 25.2 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.55 t | 13.65 t | 22.75 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.73 t | 21.7 t | 27.55 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.03 t | 27.78 t | 28.31 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 71 Nepal 45.44 t compare
- 72 Indonesia 40.74 t compare
- 73 Antigua and Barbuda 30 t compare
- 75 Philippines 25 t compare
- 76 Grenada 15.78 t compare
- 77 Yugoslav SFR 13 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in Algeria?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Algeria was 27.99 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 978 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.65 t in 2008.
- How does Algeria rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Algeria ranks 74th out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint, ginned — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.