Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Namibia
Namibia: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 2.31 t in 2007. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Namibia, 1990–2007
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint, ginned — production in Namibia is 2.31 t, measured in 2007. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 97.0% on the previous year and down 99.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Namibia peaked at 3,123 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.31 t, in 2007.
That places Namibia 78th out of 93 countries with data for 2007, 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 46.86 t | — |
| 1991 | 79.2 t | +69.0% |
| 1992 | 97.68 t | +23.3% |
| 1993 | 132 t | +35.1% |
| 1994 | 198 t | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 396 t | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 656.7 t | +65.8% |
| 1997 | 660 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,056 t | +60.0% |
| 1999 | 1,662 t | +57.4% |
| 2000 | 1,947 t | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 1,265 t | -35.0% |
| 2002 | 559.02 t | -55.8% |
| 2003 | 508.53 t | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 3,123 t | +514.1% |
| 2005 | 33.33 t | -98.9% |
| 2006 | 77.55 t | +132.7% |
| 2007 | 2.31 t | -97.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 2.31 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,180 t, 0% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 2.31 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,542 t, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +514.1% | 508.53 t | 3,123 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 498.46 t | 46.86 t | 1,662 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 939.43 t | 2.31 t | 3,123 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 75 Philippines 25 t compare
- 76 Grenada 15.78 t compare
- 77 Yugoslav SFR 13 t
- 79 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.51 t compare
- 80 Iraq 0.35 t compare
- 81 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t compare
- 81 Cuba 0 t compare
- 81 Cyprus 0 t compare
- 81 Dominican Republic 0 t compare
- 81 El Salvador 0 t compare
- 81 Guadeloupe 0 t
- 81 Italy 0 t compare
- 81 Republic of Korea 0 t compare
- 81 Romania 0 t compare
- 81 Rwanda 0 t compare
- 81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t compare
- 81 Sri Lanka 0 t compare
- 81 Uruguay 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in Namibia?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Namibia was 2.31 t in 2007, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,123 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.31 t in 2007.
- How does Namibia rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Namibia ranks 78th out of 93 countries with data for 2007.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.