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Cotton lint — Production by country

Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
98
Highest
6.30 million t
China, mainland
Lowest
0 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
7,850 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
6,309

What the numbers show

Cotton lint — Production is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 6.30 million t in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,850 t, and the mean is 256,115 t.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 2,324.2%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 100.0%).

Cotton lint — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 6.30 million t 2013 up 29.6% rising
2 India 6.05 million t 2013 up 159.3% volatile
3 USSR 2.43 million t 1991 down 16.1% rising
4 Pakistan 2.17 million t 2013 up 27.0% volatile
4 United Republic of Tanzania 118,000 t 2013 up 136.0% rising
5 Brazil 1.12 million t 2013 up 54.6% rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50,000 t 2013 down 55.8% falling
6 Uzbekistan 1.09 million t 2013 up 15.7% falling
6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 29,000 t 2013 up 49.4% volatile
7 Australia 1.02 million t 2013 up 162.7% volatile
7 Australia and New Zealand 1.02 million t 2013 up 162.7% volatile
7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13,000 t 2013 up 7.7% volatile
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,900 t 2013 down 16.1% volatile
9 T�rkiye 877,500 t 2013 down 4.6% rising
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,160 t 2013 up 74.8% volatile
10 Greece 296,000 t 2013 down 18.8% volatile
10 Viet Nam 1,083 t 2013 down 90.7% volatile
11 Burkina Faso 280,000 t 2013 up 71.8% volatile
12 Argentina 190,000 t 2013 up 192.3% rising
13 Turkmenistan 188,000 t 2013 down 20.0% falling
14 Mexico 172,000 t 2013 up 164.0% volatile
15 Myanmar 135,000 t 2013 up 155.9% volatile
16 C�te d'Ivoire 133,500 t 2013 down 22.4% volatile
17 Kazakhstan 131,000 t 2013 down 1.2% rising
18 Tajikistan 128,000 t 2013 down 25.6% falling
19 Mali 126,800 t 2013 down 51.2% volatile
20 Benin 107,000 t 2013 down 27.7% volatile
21 Zimbabwe 95,000 t 2013 up 11.8% volatile
22 Egypt 94,000 t 2013 down 52.5% falling
23 Cameroon 78,000 t 2013 up 1.3% volatile
24 Nigeria 75,000 t 2013 down 52.8% volatile
24 Caribbean 403.66 t 2013 down 24.8% volatile
25 Mozambique 55,000 t 2013 up 107.5% volatile
26 Spain 48,452 t 2013 down 49.8% flat
27 Zambia 44,650 t 2013 up 42.4% volatile
28 Malawi 42,400 t 2013 up 315.7% volatile
29 Peru 38,000 t 2013 down 16.5% falling
30 Chad 36,000 t 2013 down 26.5% rising
31 Togo 30,500 t 2013 down 57.0% volatile
32 Ethiopia 30,000 t 2013 up 50.0% rising
33 Colombia 23,801 t 2013 down 30.6% falling
34 Kyrgyzstan 21,800 t 2013 down 37.7% rising
35 Bangladesh 18,400 t 2013 up 23.1% volatile
36 Uganda 16,500 t 2013 down 17.5% volatile
37 Paraguay 16,335 t 2013 down 71.3% volatile
38 Sudan (former) 16,000 t 2011 down 78.7% volatile
39 Guinea 15,000 t 2013 up 3.4% volatile
40 Azerbaijan 14,900 t 2013 down 61.0% volatile
41 Afghanistan 13,917 t 2013 up 27.8% falling
42 Iraq 12,500 t 2013 down 13.8% volatile
43 Israel 11,000 t 2013 down 39.2% volatile
44 Ethiopia PDR 10,000 t 1992 down 63.0% rising
45 Central African Republic 8,000 t 2013 up 2,324.2% volatile
46 Senegal 7,700 t 2013 down 65.0% volatile
47 Yemen 6,000 t 2013 down 39.3% rising
48 Ghana 5,400 t 2013 down 22.9% volatile
49 South Africa 5,205 t 2013 down 68.2% volatile
50 Madagascar 4,800 t 2013 up 50.0% volatile
51 Kenya 4,150 t 2013 down 37.1% rising
52 Niger 3,300 t 2013 up 28.4% rising
53 Thailand 2,426 t 2013 down 44.0% volatile
54 Ecuador 1,465 t 2013 up 250.2% volatile
55 Guinea-Bissau 1,350 t 2013 down 25.4% volatile
56 Indonesia 1,199 t 2013 up 4.6% volatile
57 Nicaragua 1,120 t 2013 up 12.0% volatile
58 Angola 1,000 t 2013 unchanged volatile
59 Honduras 810 t 2013 up 32.8% volatile
60 Guatemala 790 t 2013 up 2.2% volatile
61 Costa Rica 665 t 2013 up 504.5% volatile
62 Tunisia 660 t 2013 down 3.6% volatile
63 Eswatini 520 t 2013 down 13.3% volatile
64 Haiti 330 t 2013 down 28.6% volatile
65 Botswana 300 t 2013 down 56.7% falling
66 Albania 230 t 2013 down 23.3% volatile
67 Gambia 187 t 2013 up 6.9% volatile
68 Cambodia 87 t 2013 unchanged volatile
69 Bulgaria 78 t 2013 down 94.4% volatile
70 Morocco 66 t 2013 up 43.5% volatile
71 Antigua and Barbuda 61.66 t 2013 unchanged volatile
72 Nepal 52 t 2013 up 147.6% volatile
72 El Salvador 52 t 2013 down 32.5% volatile
74 Algeria 27 t 2013 up 50.0% volatile
75 Philippines 18 t 2013 down 97.6% volatile
76 Yugoslav SFR 13 t 1991 down 95.8% volatile
77 Grenada 10 t 2013 down 16.7% volatile
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
79 Cuba 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Cyprus 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Dominican Republic 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Italy 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Sri Lanka 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Namibia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
79 Romania 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Rwanda 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Uruguay 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 Republic of Korea 0 t 2013 — volatile
79 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t 2013 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cotton lint — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
125 places, 6,309 data points, 1961–2013
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Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.