Cotton seed — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
106
Highest
10.60 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
9,000 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,831

What the numbers show

Cotton seed — Production is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 10.60 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 9,000 t, and the mean is 502,500 t.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 529.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 100.0%).

Cotton seed — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 10.60 million t 2023 down 13.8% volatile
2 China 9.40 million t 2023 down 25.5% rising
2 China, mainland 9.40 million t 2023 down 25.5% rising
3 Türkiye 1.26 million t 2023 down 2.1% rising
4 USSR 4.58 million t 1991 down 22.0% rising
5 Brazil 4.49 million t 2023 up 108.8% volatile
5 United Republic of Tanzania 106,900 t 2023 down 52.3% rising
6 Pakistan 3.17 million t 2023 down 22.1% rising
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72,000 t 2023 down 29.7% falling
7 Uzbekistan 2.04 million t 2023 up 10.3% falling
7 Syrian Arab Republic 61,000 t 2023 down 44.5% volatile
8 Australia 1.44 million t 2023 up 0.3% volatile
8 Australia and New Zealand 1.44 million t 2023 up 0.3% volatile
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19,797 t 2023 up 0.6% falling
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16,777 t 2023 down 34.7% volatile
10 Burkina Faso 448,000 t 2023 up 4.2% volatile
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,800 t 2023 up 182.4% volatile
11 Argentina 430,000 t 2023 up 50.9% rising
11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,032 t 2023 down 42.4% volatile
12 Turkmenistan 364,000 t 2023 down 8.1% falling
13 Greece 360,000 t 2023 down 29.0% rising
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 690 t 2023 down 66.8% volatile
14 Benin 340,000 t 2023 up 78.0% volatile
14 Viet Nam 14.05 t 2023 down 99.4% volatile
15 Mexico 330,000 t 2023 up 2.2% volatile
16 Mali 314,583 t 2023 up 6.6% volatile
17 Cameroon 280,000 t 2023 up 79.5% volatile
18 Egypt 194,879 t 2023 up 45.5% volatile
19 Tajikistan 192,000 t 2023 down 14.7% falling
20 Kazakhstan 180,253 t 2023 down 17.4% rising
21 Azerbaijan 177,000 t 2023 up 311.6% volatile
22 Côte d'Ivoire 180,000 t 2023 down 13.0% volatile
22 Myanmar 160,000 t 2023 down 42.9% volatile
23 Nigeria 124,000 t 2023 down 23.4% volatile
24 Sudan 110,000 t 2023 up 117.8% rising
25 Sudan (former) 109,850 t 2009 up 16.8% falling
26 Ethiopia 105,000 t 2023 up 50.0% volatile
26 Caribbean 613.75 t 2023 down 11.9% volatile
27 Chad 80,000 t 2023 up 50.9% rising
27 Uganda 80,000 t 2023 up 166.7% volatile
29 Afghanistan 79,595 t 2023 up 190.4% falling
30 Zimbabwe 63,627 t 2023 down 55.0% volatile
31 Kyrgyzstan 41,892 t 2023 down 3.9% flat
32 Bangladesh 40,900 t 2023 up 16.9% volatile
33 Zambia 34,000 t 2023 down 63.0% volatile
34 Central African Republic 29,727 t 2023 up 149.8% volatile
35 Togo 28,505 t 2023 down 36.7% volatile
36 South Africa 26,452 t 2023 up 208.2% volatile
37 Mozambique 23,516 t 2023 down 61.5% volatile
38 Guinea 23,409 t 2023 up 6.4% volatile
39 Israel 22,680 t 2023 up 33.8% volatile
40 Paraguay 22,000 t 2023 down 34.3% volatile
41 Ethiopia PDR 20,000 t 1992 down 63.0% rising
42 Peru 18,000 t 2023 down 60.0% volatile
43 Colombia 15,362 t 2023 down 56.5% volatile
44 Spain 14,060 t 2023 down 75.3% falling
45 Ghana 11,355 t 2023 up 22.1% volatile
46 Madagascar 9,000 t 2023 up 0.0% volatile
47 Malawi 9,000 t 2023 down 91.3% volatile
48 Senegal 8,500 t 2023 down 55.3% volatile
49 Somalia 4,746 t 2023 up 5.9% rising
50 Nicaragua 4,000 t 2023 up 33.3% volatile
51 Tunisia 3,655 t 2023 down 16.2% volatile
52 Niger 3,480 t 2023 down 1.8% rising
53 Yemen 3,417 t 2023 down 71.3% falling
54 Guinea-Bissau 3,145 t 2023 up 8.5% volatile
55 Kenya 2,550 t 2023 down 69.6% falling
56 Ecuador 2,221 t 2023 down 4.6% volatile
57 Angola 2,200 t 2023 down 31.2% volatile
58 Thailand 2,000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
59 Honduras 1,979 t 2023 up 10.0% volatile
60 Guatemala 1,330 t 2023 down 21.8% volatile
61 Eswatini 1,068 t 2023 up 23.5% volatile
62 Bulgaria 974.92 t 2023 up 529.0% volatile
63 Burundi 723.11 t 2023 down 67.7% falling
64 Botswana 580.98 t 2023 down 1.5% falling
65 Albania 528.92 t 2023 down 2.1% volatile
66 Haiti 515.68 t 2023 down 14.1% volatile
67 Costa Rica 397.36 t 2023 down 61.4% volatile
68 Gambia 275.02 t 2023 down 3.2% volatile
69 Cambodia 155.9 t 2023 down 9.9% volatile
70 Morocco 134.39 t 2023 up 1.0% volatile
71 Nepal 82.13 t 2023 down 13.1% volatile
72 Indonesia 81.47 t 2023 down 93.6% volatile
73 Antigua and Barbuda 65 t 2023 unchanged volatile
74 Philippines 54 t 2023 down 49.5% volatile
75 Algeria 52.86 t 2023 up 4.3% volatile
76 Grenada 31.56 t 2023 up 5.2% volatile
77 Yugoslav SFR 20 t 1991 down 96.6% volatile
78 Namibia 4.62 t 2007 down 99.7% volatile
79 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.51 t 2023 down 24.5% volatile
80 Iraq 0.64 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
81 Cuba 0 t 2018 — volatile
81 Cyprus 0 t 2023 — volatile
81 Dominican Republic 0 t 2009 — volatile
81 Italy 0 t 2023 — volatile
81 Sri Lanka 0 t 2018 — volatile
81 North Macedonia 0 t 2009 — volatile
81 Romania 0 t 2023 — volatile
81 Rwanda 0 t 2018 — volatile
81 El Salvador 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
81 Uruguay 0 t 2009 — volatile
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 1971 down 100.0% volatile
81 Guadeloupe 0 t 1992 — volatile
81 Republic of Korea 0 t 2009 — volatile
81 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t 2009 — 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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About this data

Indicator
Cotton seed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
153 places, 7,831 data points, 1961–2023
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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.