Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 63,320 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint, ginned — production in Ethiopia is 63,320 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 111.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Ethiopia peaked at 63,320 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 26th out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,143 t | 10,000 t | 15,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 27,400 t | 14,000 t | 48,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,800 t | 18,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,238 t | 61,000 t | 63,320 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 23 Tajikistan 96,000 t compare
- 24 Azerbaijan 80,545 t compare
- 25 Egypt 77,530 t compare
- 26 Central African Republic 19,986 t compare
- 27 Sudan (former) 59,150 t compare
- 28 South Africa 16,045 t compare
- 29 Chad 49,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
- Rural population 75.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 102.81 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.19 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in Ethiopia?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Ethiopia was 63,320 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 63,320 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 26th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.