Cotton Lint; Ginned Production by Country

China stayed the largest ginned cotton lint producer while losing 362,300 tonnes and Pakistan added 903,738 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Cotton lint; ginned, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 87 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 24,702,182 tonnes. The 2023 country list for ginned cotton lint production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

China produced 1.02 times as much as India: 5,617,900 tonnes against 5,528,744, while Brazil ranks third with 2,923,677 tonnes, 2,605,067 tonnes behind India. The top two hold 45.1 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 2,923,677 and 2,627,060 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	China CN	5,617,900
2	India IN	5,528,744
3	Brazil BR	2,923,677
4	United States US	2,627,060
5	Pakistan PK	1,738,839
6	Australia AU	1,252,480
7	Uzbekistan UZ	810,644
8	Türkiye TR	777,000
9	Kazakhstan KZ	327,734
10	Greece GR	305,000
11	Argentina AR	295,014
12	Mali ML	239,001
13	Benin BJ	219,130
14	Burkina Faso BF	214,865
15	Mexico MX	190,000
16	Cameroon CM	178,500
17	Turkmenistan TM	178,083
18	Myanmar MM	153,213
19	Nigeria NG	99,200
20	Ivory Coast CI	97,000
21	Tajikistan TJ	96,000
22	Azerbaijan AZ	80,545
23	Egypt EG	77,530
24	Ethiopia ET	63,320
25	Tanzania TZ	54,000
26	Chad TD	49,000
27	Sudan SD	43,500
28	Uganda UG	41,905
29	Spain ES	40,500
30	Afghanistan AF	40,410
31	Syria SY	32,846
32	Iran IR	31,300
33	Zimbabwe ZW	21,837
34	Bangladesh BD	21,100
35	Kyrgyzstan KG	20,946
36	Central African Republic CF	19,986
37	Togo TG	19,322
38	Zambia ZM	18,400
39	South Africa ZA	16,045
40	Guinea GN	15,959
41	Israel IL	14,040
42	Mozambique MZ	12,542
43	North Korea KP	12,000
44	Colombia CO	11,920
45	Peru PE	11,000
46	Paraguay PY	9,424
47	DR Congo CD	8,752
48	Ghana GH	6,000
49	Madagascar MG	4,801
50	Senegal SN	4,500
51	Malawi MW	4,000
52	Bolivia BO	2,481
53	Nicaragua NI	2,299
54	Somalia SO	2076
55	Niger NE	1950
56	Tunisia TN	1915
57	Venezuela VE	1740
58	Yemen YE	1723
59	Thailand TH	1510
60	Guinea-Bissau GW	1464
61	Ecuador EC	1381
62	Kenya KE	1296
63	Angola AO	1100
64	Honduras HN	890.71
65	Guatemala GT	591.91
66	Eswatini SZ	504.95
67	Bulgaria BG	490.59
68	Laos LA	345
69	Burundi BI	315.03
70	Botswana BW	295.41
71	Haiti HT	283.63
72	Costa Rica CR	256.55
73	Albania AL	240.97
74	Gambia GM	181.07
75	Cambodia KH	78.4
76	Morocco MA	66.7
77	Nepal NP	45.44
78	Indonesia ID	40.74
79	Antigua and Barbuda AG	30
80	Algeria DZ	27.99
81	Philippines PH	25
82	Grenada GD	15.78
83	Vietnam VN	6.92
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	1.51
85	Iraq IQ	0.35
86	El Salvador SV	0
87	Uruguay UY	0

Cotton Lint; Ginned Production by Country in 2023

China was the largest ginned cotton lint producer in the 2023 listed data with 5,617,900 tonnes, followed by India with 5,528,744 tonnes and Brazil with 2,923,677 tonnes. The United States ranked fourth with 2,627,060 tonnes.

China holds 22.7 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 57.0 percent of the 24,702,182-tonne listed total.

Pakistan Adds 903,738 Tonnes as Cotton Lint; Ginned Production Eases 1.7 Percent

Between 2022 and 2023, the common reporter universe (87 countries with data in both years) fell from 25,128,242 tonnes to 24,702,182 tonnes, a change of -426,060 tonnes (-1.7 percent). The totals listed for each year were 25,128,242 tonnes (87 reporters) and 24,702,182 tonnes (87 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Pakistan added 903,738 tonnes (up 108.2 percent) and Brazil 453,263 tonnes (up 18.3 percent), while the United States fell 522,980 tonnes (down 16.6 percent) and China 362,300 tonnes (down 6.1 percent).

United States Falls 1,708,380 Tonnes as Cotton Lint; Ginned Production Eases 1.8 Percent Since 2019

The 2019 to 2023 common reporter universe (87 countries with data in both years) moved from 25,161,668 tonnes to 24,702,182 tonnes, a change of -459,486 tonnes (-1.8 percent). The totals listed for each year were 25,161,668 tonnes (87 reporters) and 24,702,182 tonnes (87 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while no new reporters joined. The United States fell 1,708,380 tonnes (down 39.4 percent), while Australia added 838,144 tonnes (up 202.3 percent) and India 761,604 tonnes (up 16.0 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	China	5,889,000	5,910,500	5,730,900	5,980,200	5,617,900
2	India	4,767,140	6,131,050	5,992,160	5,722,232	5,528,744
3	Brazil	2,688,403	2,757,353	2,227,560	2,470,414	2,923,677
4	United States	4,335,440	3,180,410	3,815,180	3,150,040	2,627,060
5	Pakistan	1,556,052	1,201,550	1,416,706	835,101	1,738,839
6	Australia	414,336	114,751	566,067	1,273,521	1,252,480
7	Uzbekistan	876,915	997,032	828,395	828,395	810,644
8	Türkiye	814,000	656,251	832,500	1,017,500	777,000
9	Kazakhstan	113,600	108,000	95,883	361,819	327,734
10	Greece	308,000	317,000	321,000	305,000	305,000
11	Argentina	307,912	367,052	343,039	391,065	295,014
12	Mali	295,163	61,824	317,065	163,646	239,001
13	Benin	272,000	235,304	247,826	190,435	219,130
14	Burkina Faso	292,346	240,909	234,398	270,208	214,865
15	Mexico	330,000	220,000	257,000	344,000	190,000
16	Cameroon	138,000	147,000	156,000	141,700	178,500
17	Turkmenistan	168,190	173,136	180,556	180,556	178,083
18	Myanmar	157,630	151,544	153,213	153,213	153,213
19	Nigeria	44,000	90,000	93,000	104,000	99,200
20	Ivory Coast	204,099	213,367	237,708	210,000	97,000
21	Tajikistan	111,000	100,000	109,000	100,000	96,000
22	Azerbaijan	85,002	71,565	92,453	90,958	80,545
23	Egypt	73,000	59,000	70,000	90,000	77,530
24	Ethiopia	60,000	61,000	62,000	62,630	63,320
25	Tanzania	110,625	110,000	38,000	45,000	54,000
26	Chad	46,375	50,512	65,317	43,544	49,000
27	Sudan	149,940	120,006	130,000	131,000	43,500
28	Uganda	34,000	45,000	47,000	47,000	41,905
29	Spain	70,070	56,205	58,307	40,549	40,500
30	Afghanistan	24,167	24,385	25,691	23,950	40,410
31	Syria	40,122	34,133	23,268	26,690	32,846
32	Iran	32,604	28,257	32,604	32,604	31,300
33	Zimbabwe	31,000	47,100	63,000	34,545	21,837
34	Bangladesh	27,726	32,000	22,200	22,300	21,100
35	Kyrgyzstan	19,147	24,016	22,077	25,249	20,946
36	Central African Republic	8,927	8,927	16,000	19,404	19,986
37	Togo	49,200	28,700	21,300	19,851	19,322
38	Zambia	26,695	9,798	9,798	7,500	18,400
39	South Africa	24,000	26,846	15,202	13,987	16,045
40	Guinea	15,559	15,535	15,771	15,891	15,959
41	Israel	8,500	5,770	5,164	17,515	14,040
42	Mozambique	21,000	20,267	21,567	20,450	12,542
43	North Korea	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000
44	Colombia	22,919	7,252	10,417	13,143	11,920
45	Peru	18,000	6,200	4,862	13,000	11,000
46	Paraguay	5,000	9,424	9,424	9,948	9,424
47	DR Congo	8,798	8,410	8,938	8,808	8,752
48	Ghana	6,100	6,100	6,100	6,100	6,000
49	Madagascar	4,830	4,872	4,466	4,684	4,801
50	Senegal	6,000	6,000	8,000	5,500	4,500
51	Malawi	5,400	14,000	6,000	5,500	4,000
52	Bolivia	2,281	2,925	1143	2,576	2,481
53	Nicaragua	820	2,299	2,299	2,299	2,299
54	Somalia	1978	2014	2051	2066	2076
55	Niger	1950	1950	1950	1950	1950
56	Tunisia	2,180	2,180	2,180	2017	1915
57	Venezuela	1049	2,126	1830	1740	1740
58	Yemen	5,427	1300	1900	1705	1723
59	Thailand	2000	1500	1510	1510	1510
60	Guinea-Bissau	1406	1600	1500	1470	1464
61	Ecuador	1375	1405	1401	1377	1381
62	Kenya	4,000	2000	559	1254	1296
63	Angola	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100
64	Honduras	893.43	884.38	952.42	888.42	890.71
65	Guatemala	900	900	588.95	594.09	591.91
66	Eswatini	505.54	535.69	373.58	431.77	504.95
67	Bulgaria	1014	818.64	478.15	490.59	490.59
68	Laos	805	760	680	590	345
69	Burundi	365	302	406	261	315.03
70	Botswana	290.86	265.14	256.92	294.05	295.41
71	Haiti	288.59	288.06	287.26	255.49	283.63
72	Costa Rica	239.62	248.16	258.74	256.08	256.55
73	Albania	249.9	207.24	241.1	239.47	240.97
74	Gambia	184.73	180	180	180.29	181.07
75	Cambodia	80.69	79.79	79.48	78.84	78.4
76	Morocco	69.02	68.82	67.81	66.44	66.7
77	Nepal	43.42	46.43	44.56	45.05	45.44
78	Indonesia	98.39	48.3	39.64	35.7	40.74
79	Antigua and Barbuda	30	30	30	30	30
80	Algeria	27.55	28.04	28.31	27.78	27.99
81	Philippines	23.09	40.85	27.46	33.28	25
82	Grenada	15.44	15.4	15.06	15.72	15.78
83	Vietnam	30.19	23.65	8.28	11.28	6.92
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	1.75	1.56	1.51
85	Iraq	1	8	1	8	0.35
86	El Salvador	15.17	6.65	0	0	0
87	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Cotton lint; ginned, 2019-2023. For ginned cotton lint production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 ginned cotton lint production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the ginned cotton lint production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For ginned cotton lint production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.