Cotton lint, ginned — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 2.63 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in United States of America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 2.63 million t for cotton lint, ginned — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in United States of America peaked at 5.20 million t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million t, in 1967.
United States of America ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.11 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.23 million t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 3.33 million t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 3.30 million t | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 3.26 million t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 2.08 million t | -36.1% |
| 1967 | 1.62 million t | -22.1% |
| 1968 | 2.38 million t | +46.8% |
| 1969 | 2.18 million t | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 2.22 million t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 2.28 million t | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 2.98 million t | +30.8% |
| 1973 | 2.82 million t | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 2.51 million t | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 1.81 million t | -28.1% |
| 1976 | 2.30 million t | +27.5% |
| 1977 | 3.13 million t | +36.0% |
| 1978 | 2.36 million t | -24.6% |
| 1979 | 3.19 million t | +34.8% |
| 1980 | 2.42 million t | -24.0% |
| 1981 | 3.41 million t | +40.7% |
| 1982 | 2.60 million t | -23.5% |
| 1983 | 1.69 million t | -35.0% |
| 1984 | 2.83 million t | +67.1% |
| 1985 | 2.92 million t | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 2.12 million t | -27.5% |
| 1987 | 3.21 million t | +51.7% |
| 1988 | 3.35 million t | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2.65 million t | -20.9% |
| 1990 | 3.38 million t | +27.1% |
| 1991 | 3.83 million t | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 3.53 million t | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 3.51 million t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 4.28 million t | +21.9% |
| 1995 | 3.90 million t | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 4.12 million t | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 4.09 million t | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 3.03 million t | -25.9% |
| 1999 | 3.69 million t | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 3.74 million t | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 4.42 million t | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 3.75 million t | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 3.97 million t | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 5.06 million t | +27.3% |
| 2005 | 5.20 million t | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4.50 million t | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 4.18 million t | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 2.79 million t | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 2.65 million t | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 3.94 million t | +48.5% |
| 2011 | 3.39 million t | -14.0% |
| 2012 | 3.77 million t | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 2.81 million t | -25.4% |
| 2014 | 3.55 million t | +26.4% |
| 2015 | 2.81 million t | -21.0% |
| 2016 | 3.74 million t | +33.2% |
| 2017 | 4.56 million t | +21.9% |
| 2018 | 4.00 million t | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 4.34 million t | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 3.18 million t | -26.6% |
| 2021 | 3.82 million t | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 3.15 million t | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 2.63 million t | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.72 million t | 1.62 million t | 3.33 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.56 million t | 1.81 million t | 3.19 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.72 million t | 1.69 million t | 3.41 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.74 million t | 3.03 million t | 4.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.03 million t | 2.65 million t | 5.20 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.69 million t | 2.81 million t | 4.56 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.19 million t | 2.63 million t | 3.82 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 4 Brazil 2.92 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 54,000 t compare
- 5 USSR 2.43 million t compare
- 6 Pakistan 1.74 million t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 32,846 t compare
- 7 Australia 1.25 million t compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31,300 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 1.25 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,000 t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,752 t compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 810,644 t compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,481 t compare
- 10 Kazakhstan 327,734 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in United States of America?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in United States of America was 2.63 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.20 million t in 2005.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 1967.
- How does United States of America rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- United States of America ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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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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.