Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 906,154 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 906,154 t for cotton lint, ginned — production in 2023.
The figure is down 21.5% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Western Asia peaked at 1.36 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 360,478 t, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 360,478 t | — |
| 1962 | 426,381 t | +18.3% |
| 1963 | 437,769 t | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 532,986 t | +21.8% |
| 1965 | 547,782 t | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 561,766 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 567,412 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 634,911 t | +11.9% |
| 1969 | 603,840 t | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 604,902 t | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 738,100 t | +22.0% |
| 1972 | 764,555 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 733,780 t | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 827,967 t | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 692,515 t | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 704,284 t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 802,513 t | +13.9% |
| 1978 | 709,514 t | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 691,544 t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 703,767 t | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 725,003 t | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 746,637 t | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 819,440 t | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 837,482 t | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 792,640 t | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 759,272 t | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 732,593 t | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 900,909 t | +23.0% |
| 1989 | 829,726 t | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 876,865 t | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 791,995 t | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 975,672 t | +23.2% |
| 1993 | 950,942 t | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 964,055 t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1.20 million t | +24.8% |
| 1996 | 1.19 million t | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 1.32 million t | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 1.33 million t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.19 million t | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 1.30 million t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 1.33 million t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 1.32 million t | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.28 million t | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 1.36 million t | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 1.31 million t | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 1.30 million t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1.15 million t | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 934,000 t | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 896,910 t | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million t | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million t | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million t | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 1.05 million t | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 944,887 t | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 808,742 t | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 804,509 t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 947,456 t | +17.8% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million t | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 953,052 t | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 769,027 t | -19.3% |
| 2021 | 955,286 t | +24.2% |
| 2022 | 1.15 million t | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 906,154 t | -21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 519,258 t | 360,478 t | 634,911 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 726,967 t | 604,902 t | 827,967 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 784,747 t | 703,767 t | 900,909 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million t | 791,995 t | 1.33 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million t | 896,910 t | 1.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 989,783 t | 804,509 t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 946,212 t | 769,027 t | 1.15 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in Western Asia?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Western Asia was 906,154 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 360,478 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.