Seed cotton, unginned — 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
Seed cotton, unginned — Production is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 18.70 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 14,090 t, and the mean is 869,219 t.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 480.1%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).
Seed cotton, unginned — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 18.70 million t | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 1 | China, mainland | 18.70 million t | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | India | 15.00 million t | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2.24 million t | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 8.52 million t | 2024 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 7.80 million t | 1991 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 282,510 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3.50 million t | 2024 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 120,000 t | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 2.94 million t | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 93,144 t | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 2.40 million t | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.40 million t | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 35,865 t | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30,480 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 10 | Argentina | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 769,440 t | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6,400 t | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Greece | 699,069 t | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,877 t | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Mali | 640,000 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,450 t | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Benin | 635,976 t | 2024 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 19 t | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 600,238 t | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 490,900 t | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 479,732 t | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Sudan | 358,800 t | 2024 | up 218.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Myanmar | 320,000 t | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 301,661 t | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 21 | Tajikistan | 253,182 t | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 347,922 t | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 237,651 t | 2024 | up 480.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 228,179 t | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 223,000 t | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 211,573 t | 2024 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 178,704 t | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 1,063 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Uganda | 149,308 t | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 120,508 t | 2024 | up 181.4% | falling |
| 29 | Chad | 80,000 t | 2024 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 63,000 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique | 59,451 t | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Togo | 51,437 t | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 51,116 t | 2024 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Spain | 49,099 t | 2024 | down 78.3% | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 48,712 t | 2024 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 46,338 t | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan (former) | 46,150 t | 2011 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 44,808 t | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Israel | 33,000 t | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 31,346 t | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Ethiopia PDR | 30,300 t | 1992 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 27,890 t | 2024 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 25,676 t | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 24,398 t | 2024 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 22,596 t | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Senegal | 14,330 t | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Madagascar | 13,851 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Zambia | 9,072 t | 2024 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Somalia | 7,418 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 7,252 t | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Tunisia | 6,796 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 6,234 t | 2024 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 53 | Niger | 5,806 t | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,531 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 3,926 t | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Yemen | 3,820 t | 2024 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 57 | Thailand | 3,387 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 3,336 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Angola | 3,300 t | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 2,621 t | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Eswatini | 1,678 t | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 1,385 t | 2024 | up 324.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 983.33 t | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 64 | Haiti | 928.66 t | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 801.71 t | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 717.2 t | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 676.35 t | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Gambia | 531.63 t | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 232.41 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Morocco | 218.35 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 127.5 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 107.23 t | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Italy | 100 t | 1990 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Algeria | 82.81 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 80 t | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Philippines | 70 t | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Yugoslav SFR | 42 t | 1991 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Grenada | 24.17 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Iraq | 12.25 t | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.34 t | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 0 t | 1995 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 0 t | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 1998 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Romania | 0 t | 2002 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 81 | El Salvador | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2004 | — | 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 | 2006 | — | 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.
- World 72.81 million t
- Asia 44.62 million t
- Americas 19.96 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.93 million t
- Southern Asia 18.80 million t
- Eastern Asia 18.74 million t
- Middle Africa 655,797 t
- South America 9.89 million t
- Northern America 9.57 million t
- United States of America 9.57 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.05 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7.61 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6.65 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6,595 t
- Africa 5.01 million t
- Central Asia 4.14 million t
- Western Africa 2.77 million t
- Western Asia 2.61 million t
- Oceania 2.40 million t
- Eastern Africa 943,196 t
- Europe 831,286 t
- European Union (27) 830,484 t
- Southern Europe 829,901 t
- Northern Africa 594,077 t
- Central America 493,960 t
- South-Eastern Asia 325,238 t
- Southern Africa 51,374 t
- Eastern Europe 1,385 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.