Cottonseed oil — 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
1.31 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
973.12 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,941

What the numbers show

Cottonseed oil — Production is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 1.31 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 973.12 t, and the mean is 57,137 t.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 35,518.2%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).

Cottonseed oil — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.31 million t 2023 down 19.8% volatile
1 China, mainland 1.31 million t 2023 down 19.8% volatile
3 India 1.13 million t 2023 down 9.1% volatile
4 USSR 697,800 t 1991 up 2.5% rising
5 Brazil 378,170 t 2023 up 37.2% rising
6 Pakistan 212,700 t 2023 down 53.0% volatile
7 Türkiye 196,300 t 2023 up 14.2% rising
8 Uzbekistan 136,642 t 2023 down 49.4% falling
9 Mali 46,200 t 2023 up 14.4% volatile
10 Mexico 43,700 t 2023 up 10.4% falling
11 Cameroon 35,100 t 2023 up 85.7% volatile
12 Australia 33,900 t 2023 down 58.0% volatile
12 Australia and New Zealand 33,900 t 2023 down 58.0% volatile
14 Tajikistan 33,100 t 2023 up 134.8% falling
15 Benin 27,000 t 2023 up 164.4% volatile
16 Côte d'Ivoire 26,300 t 2023 up 35.6% volatile
17 Turkmenistan 26,241 t 2023 down 48.2% falling
18 Saudi Arabia 24,038 t 2023 up 83.9% volatile
19 Argentina 22,976 t 2023 up 58.1% volatile
20 Republic of Korea 22,800 t 2023 down 17.4% volatile
21 Egypt 22,300 t 2023 down 6.7% volatile
22 Greece 21,500 t 2023 up 9.1% rising
23 United Republic of Tanzania 19,800 t 2023 down 17.5% rising
24 Myanmar 18,800 t 2023 down 55.1% volatile
25 Italy 18,500 t 2023 down 19.6% volatile
26 Nigeria 17,200 t 2023 up 18.6% volatile
27 Sudan 16,500 t 2023 up 98.8% rising
28 Zimbabwe 15,700 t 2023 down 24.2% volatile
29 Sudan (former) 15,000 t 2009 up 11.5% falling
30 Afghanistan 13,807 t 2023 up 189.9% falling
31 Spain 12,400 t 2023 down 20.5% falling
32 Chad 12,000 t 2023 up 81.8% volatile
33 Uganda 11,800 t 2023 up 174.4% volatile
34 Ethiopia 9,400 t 2023 up 113.6% rising
35 Kazakhstan 8,901 t 2023 down 59.1% falling
36 Burkina Faso 8,000 t 2023 down 46.7% volatile
37 Togo 7,100 t 2023 down 13.4% volatile
38 Kyrgyzstan 6,900 t 2023 up 3.2% rising
39 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,400 t 2023 down 57.8% falling
40 Bangladesh 6,066 t 2023 up 19.3% volatile
41 Mozambique 5,000 t 2023 down 29.6% volatile
42 Syrian Arab Republic 4,900 t 2023 down 85.3% falling
43 Japan 4,590 t 2023 up 16.8% volatile
44 Zambia 3,200 t 2023 down 55.4% volatile
45 Peru 3,100 t 2023 down 68.0% volatile
46 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,763 t 2023 down 34.6% volatile
47 Azerbaijan 2,623 t 2023 up 41.9% volatile
48 Paraguay 2,400 t 2023 down 65.7% volatile
49 Israel 2,300 t 2023 down 28.1% volatile
50 Ethiopia PDR 2,210 t 1992 down 67.1% volatile
51 Senegal 1,800 t 2023 down 37.9% volatile
52 Malawi 1,600 t 2023 down 91.0% volatile
53 Madagascar 1,200 t 2023 up 0.0% volatile
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 745.83 t 2023 down 93.1% volatile
55 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 605 t 2023 down 53.5% volatile
56 Kenya 600 t 2023 down 53.8% flat
56 Nicaragua 600 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
58 Somalia 555.9 t 2023 up 6.7% rising
59 Yemen 527.51 t 2023 down 71.4% volatile
60 Viet Nam 437.47 t 2023 up 100.8% volatile
61 Namibia 403.95 t 2013 up 133.4% volatile
62 Chile 400 t 2023 down 63.6% falling
63 Niger 387.64 t 2023 down 44.7% volatile
64 Angola 362.78 t 2023 down 31.1% volatile
65 Democratic Republic of the Congo 359.22 t 2023 down 87.6% volatile
66 Ecuador 273.13 t 2023 down 7.0% volatile
67 Honduras 265.36 t 2023 up 10.1% volatile
68 Hungary 200 t 2017 down 69.4% volatile
68 Thailand 200 t 2023 unchanged volatile
70 Eswatini 129.1 t 2023 up 4.4% volatile
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 103.76 t 2023 down 87.0% volatile
72 Morocco 97.67 t 2023 up 263.8% volatile
73 Botswana 95.13 t 2023 down 10.9% falling
74 Caribbean 84.89 t 2023 down 30.5% volatile
75 Haiti 80.22 t 2023 down 10.1% volatile
76 Romania 78.36 t 2023 up 35,518.2% volatile
77 Albania 70.44 t 2023 down 7.6% volatile
78 Burundi 62.23 t 2023 down 75.2% volatile
79 Portugal 52.56 t 2023 down 86.6% volatile
80 Yugoslav SFR 36.91 t 1991 down 35.4% volatile
81 Costa Rica 30.78 t 2023 up 2,831.4% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 21.59 t 2013 up 5,897.2% volatile
83 Lebanon 20.52 t 2023 down 96.5% volatile
84 Nepal 7.45 t 2023 down 28.8% volatile
85 Grenada 4.31 t 2023 up 6.2% falling
86 El Salvador 1.69 t 2020 down 87.6% volatile
87 Philippines 0.95 t 2023 down 69.9% volatile
88 Iraq 0.28 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
89 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.24 t 2023 down 25.0% volatile
90 Antigua and Barbuda 0.12 t 2023 down 98.3% volatile
91 Bulgaria 0 t 2018 down 100.0% volatile
91 Colombia 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
91 Cuba 0 t 2018 flat
91 Germany 0 t 1989 volatile
91 France 0 t 2014 down 100.0% volatile
91 Guatemala 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
91 Indonesia 0 t 2018 down 100.0% volatile
91 Ireland 0 t 2018 volatile
91 Sri Lanka 0 t 2014 volatile
91 Poland 0 t 2009 down 100.0% volatile
91 Rwanda 0 t 2018 volatile
91 Uruguay 0 t 2023 volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 2015 volatile
91 Guadeloupe 0 t 2006 volatile
91 Czechoslovakia 0 t 1992 volatile
91 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 t 1987 volatile

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Cottonseed oil — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
138 places, 7,941 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.