Cotton seed — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Cotton seed — Production was 9.40 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton seed — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 9.40 million t for cotton seed — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in China, mainland peaked at 15.25 million t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.50 million t, in 1962.
That places China, mainland 2nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.47 million t | 1.50 million t | 4.71 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.44 million t | 3.92 million t | 5.12 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.01 million t | 5.41 million t | 12.52 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.93 million t | 7.48 million t | 11.35 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.96 million t | 8.83 million t | 15.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.54 million t | 9.80 million t | 13.68 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.71 million t | 9.40 million t | 10.00 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in China, mainland?
- Cotton seed — production in China, mainland was 9.40 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 15.25 million t in 2007.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.50 million t in 1962.
- How does China, mainland rank for cotton seed — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton seed — 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.