Cotton lint — Production in Colombia
Colombia: Cotton lint — Production was 23,801 t in 2013. ▼ Falling
Cotton lint — Production in Colombia, 1961–2013
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 23,801 t for cotton lint — production in 2013. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.7% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint — production in Colombia peaked at 161,600 t in 1977 and was at its lowest, 23,801 t, in 2013.
Colombia ranks 33rd of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Cotton lint — Production in Colombia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 82,300 t | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 72,600 t | -11.8% |
| 1964 | 66,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 65,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 75,400 t | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 96,600 t | +28.1% |
| 1968 | 120,200 t | +24.4% |
| 1969 | 125,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 128,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 112,300 t | -12.3% |
| 1972 | 144,500 t | +28.7% |
| 1973 | 115,600 t | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 145,800 t | +26.1% |
| 1975 | 138,700 t | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 142,100 t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 161,600 t | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 110,600 t | -31.6% |
| 1979 | 94,500 t | -14.6% |
| 1980 | 116,000 t | +22.8% |
| 1981 | 121,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 51,000 t | -57.9% |
| 1983 | 43,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1984 | 91,848 t | +113.6% |
| 1985 | 118,205 t | +28.7% |
| 1986 | 119,492 t | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 114,315 t | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 120,619 t | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 111,910 t | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 119,385 t | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 157,525 t | +31.9% |
| 1992 | 116,504 t | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 72,165 t | -38.1% |
| 1994 | 56,277 t | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 55,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 71,000 t | +29.1% |
| 1997 | 36,000 t | -49.3% |
| 1998 | 36,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 33,730 t | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 36,500 t | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 37,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 31,000 t | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 34,307 t | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 55,552 t | +61.9% |
| 2005 | 55,382 t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 37,539 t | -32.2% |
| 2007 | 42,037 t | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 25,600 t | -39.1% |
| 2009 | 29,829 t | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 35,717 t | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 35,530 t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 32,928 t | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 23,801 t | -27.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 23,801 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,465 t, 16.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 23,801 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 727.5 t, 32.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86,622 t | 65,000 t | 125,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,370 t | 94,500 t | 161,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,739 t | 43,000 t | 121,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,359 t | 33,730 t | 157,525 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,475 t | 25,600 t | 55,552 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,994 t | 23,801 t | 35,717 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint — production in Colombia?
- Cotton lint — production in Colombia was 23,801 t in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint — production recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 161,600 t in 1977.
- What is the lowest cotton lint — production recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,801 t in 2013.
- How does Colombia rank for cotton lint — production?
- Colombia ranks 33rd out of 90 countries with data for 2013.
- Is cotton lint — production rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.