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...
What the numbers show
Cotton seed — Production is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 10.60 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 3,145 t, and the mean is 439,742 t.
Over the past decade 34 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | USSR | 4.58 million t | 1991 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 4.49 million t | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3.17 million t | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 2.04 million t | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 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 |
| 10 | Türkiye | 1.26 million t | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 448,000 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 430,000 t | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 13 | Turkmenistan | 364,000 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 14 | Greece | 360,000 t | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 15 | Benin | 340,000 t | 2023 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 330,000 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Mali | 314,583 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 280,000 t | 2023 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 194,879 t | 2023 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 192,000 t | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 180,253 t | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 180,000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 177,000 t | 2023 | up 311.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 160,000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 124,000 t | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Sudan | 110,000 t | 2023 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 109,850 t | 2009 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 28 | United Republic of Tanzania | 106,900 t | 2023 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 105,000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Chad | 80,000 t | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 80,000 t | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 79,595 t | 2023 | up 190.4% | falling |
| 33 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 72,000 t | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 63,627 t | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Syrian Arab Republic | 61,000 t | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 41,892 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 40,900 t | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Zambia | 34,000 t | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Togo | 28,505 t | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Mozambique | 23,516 t | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea | 23,409 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 22,680 t | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 22,000 t | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia PDR | 20,000 t | 1992 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19,797 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 18,000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 16,777 t | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 15,362 t | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 14,060 t | 2023 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 50 | Ghana | 11,355 t | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Madagascar | 9,000 t | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Malawi | 9,000 t | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Senegal | 8,500 t | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4,800 t | 2023 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Somalia | 4,746 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 56 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,032 t | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 4,000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Tunisia | 3,655 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Niger | 3,480 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 60 | Yemen | 3,417 t | 2023 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,145 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Kenya | 2,550 t | 2023 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 63 | Ecuador | 2,221 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Angola | 2,200 t | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Thailand | 2,000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Honduras | 1,979 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Guatemala | 1,330 t | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 1,068 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 974.92 t | 2023 | up 529.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Burundi | 723.11 t | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 71 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 690 t | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Caribbean | 613.75 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Botswana | 580.98 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 528.92 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Haiti | 515.68 t | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 397.36 t | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Gambia | 275.02 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Cambodia | 155.9 t | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 134.39 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Nepal | 82.13 t | 2023 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Indonesia | 81.47 t | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 65 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Philippines | 54 t | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 52.86 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Grenada | 31.56 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Yugoslav SFR | 20 t | 1991 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 14.05 t | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Namibia | 4.62 t | 2007 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.51 t | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.64 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Belgium | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cuba | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Czechia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Germany | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Denmark | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Finland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Croatia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Hungary | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Ireland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Italy | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Lithuania | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Poland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Romania | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | El Salvador | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2022 | — | flat |
| 91 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sweden | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 1971 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 91 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 41.01 million t
- Asia 27.89 million t
- Southern Asia 13.97 million t
- Eastern Asia 9.42 million t
- Americas 8.64 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.65 million t
- South America 4.99 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.53 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.27 million t
- Northern America 3.31 million t
- United States of America 3.31 million t
- Central Asia 2.82 million t
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.