Cotton Seed Production by Country

India stayed the largest cotton seed producer while adding 900,000 tonnes and Pakistan added 1,598,493 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Cotton seed, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 110 countries; 107 reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 41,014,242 tonnes. The 2023 country list for cotton seed production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India produced 1.13 times as much as China: 10,600,000 tonnes against 9,400,000, while Brazil ranks third with 4,494,600 tonnes, 4,905,400 tonnes behind China. The top two hold 48.8 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 4,494,600 and 3,305,780 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	India IN	10,600,000
2	China CN	9,400,000
3	Brazil BR	4,494,600
4	United States US	3,305,780
5	Pakistan PK	3,173,034
6	Uzbekistan UZ	2,040,000
7	Australia AU	1,443,074
8	Türkiye TR	1,260,000
9	Burkina Faso BF	448,000
10	Argentina AR	430,000
11	Turkmenistan TM	364,000
12	Greece GR	360,000
13	Benin BJ	340,000
14	Mexico MX	330,000
15	Mali ML	314,583
16	Cameroon CM	280,000
17	Egypt EG	194,879
18	Tajikistan TJ	192,000
19	Kazakhstan KZ	180,253
20	Ivory Coast CI	180,000
21	Azerbaijan AZ	177,000
22	Myanmar MM	160,000
23	Nigeria NG	124,000
24	Sudan SD	110,000
25	Tanzania TZ	106,900
26	Ethiopia ET	105,000
27	Chad TD	80,000
28	Uganda UG	80,000
29	Afghanistan AF	79,595
30	Iran IR	72,000
31	Zimbabwe ZW	63,627
32	Syria SY	61,000
33	Kyrgyzstan KG	41,892
34	Bangladesh BD	40,900
35	Zambia ZM	34,000
36	Central African Republic CF	29,727
37	Togo TG	28,505
38	South Africa ZA	26,452
39	Mozambique MZ	23,516
40	Guinea GN	23,409
41	Israel IL	22,680
42	Paraguay PY	22,000
43	DR Congo CD	19,797
44	Peru PE	18,000
45	North Korea KP	16,777
46	Colombia CO	15,361
47	Spain ES	14,060
48	Ghana GH	11,355
49	Madagascar MG	9,000
50	Malawi MW	9,000
51	Senegal SN	8,500
52	Bolivia BO	4,800
53	Somalia SO	4,746
54	Venezuela VE	4,032
55	Nicaragua NI	4,000
56	Tunisia TN	3,655
57	Niger NE	3,480
58	Yemen YE	3,417
59	Guinea-Bissau GW	3,145
60	Kenya KE	2,550
61	Ecuador EC	2,221
62	Angola AO	2,200
63	Thailand TH	2000
64	Honduras HN	1979
65	Guatemala GT	1330
66	Eswatini SZ	1068
67	Bulgaria BG	974.92
68	Burundi BI	723.11
69	Laos LA	690
70	Botswana BW	580.98
71	Albania AL	528.92
72	Haiti HT	515.68
73	Costa Rica CR	397.36
74	Gambia GM	275.02
75	Cambodia KH	155.9
76	Morocco MA	134.39
77	Nepal NP	82.13
78	Indonesia ID	81.47
79	Antigua and Barbuda AG	65
80	Philippines PH	54
81	Algeria DZ	52.86
82	Grenada GD	31.56
83	Vietnam VN	14.05
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	1.51
85	Iraq IQ	0.64
86	Austria AT	0
87	Belgium BE	0
88	Croatia HR	0
89	Cyprus CY	0
90	Czech Republic CZ	0
91	Denmark DK	0
92	El Salvador SV	0
93	Estonia EE	0
94	Finland FI	0
95	Germany DE	0
96	Hungary HU	0
97	Ireland IE	0
98	Italy IT	0
99	Latvia LV	0
100	Lithuania LT	0
101	Luxembourg LU	0
102	Malta MT	0
103	Netherlands NL	0
104	Poland PL	0
105	Romania RO	0
106	Slovenia SI	0
107	Sweden SE	0
108	France FR	-
109	Portugal PT	-
110	Slovakia SK	-

Cotton Seed Production by Country in 2023

India was the largest cotton seed producer in the 2023 listed data with 10,600,000 tonnes, followed by China with 9,400,000 tonnes and Brazil with 4,494,600 tonnes. The United States ranked fourth with 3,305,780 tonnes.

India holds 25.8 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 59.7 percent of the 41,014,242-tonne listed total.

Pakistan Adds 1,598,493 Tonnes as Cotton Seed Production Grows 3.1 Percent

Between 2022 and 2023, the common reporter universe (106 countries with data in both years) rose from 39,766,644 tonnes to 41,014,242 tonnes, a change of 1,247,598 tonnes (3.1 percent). The totals listed for each year were 39,766,644 tonnes (107 reporters) and 41,014,242 tonnes (107 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2022 with a reported zero (Slovakia) did not report in 2023, while 1 new reporter added a reported zero (Latvia). Pakistan added 1,598,493 tonnes (up 101.5 percent), India 900,000 tonnes (up 9.3 percent) and Brazil 774,200 tonnes (up 20.8 percent), while the United States fell 699,440 tonnes (down 17.5 percent) and China 600,000 tonnes (down 6.0 percent).

United States Falls 2,087,430 Tonnes as Cotton Seed Production Drops 5.2 Percent Since 2019

The 2019 to 2023 common reporter universe (105 countries with data in both years) moved from 43,270,974 tonnes to 41,014,242 tonnes, a change of -2,256,732 tonnes (-5.2 percent). The totals listed for each year were 43,270,974 tonnes (107 reporters) and 41,014,242 tonnes (107 reporters); 2 reporters present in 2019 with reported zeros (Portugal and Slovakia) are absent in 2023, while 2 new reporters joined with reported zeros (Cyprus and Latvia). The United States fell 2,087,430 tonnes (down 38.7 percent), accounting for 92.5 percent of the decline, while India fell 800,000 tonnes (down 7.0 percent). Australia added 757,173 tonnes (up 110.4 percent) and Uzbekistan 558,000 tonnes (up 37.7 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	India	11,400,000	11,500,000	11,200,000	9,700,000	10,600,000
2	China	9,800,000	9,850,000	9,600,000	10,000,000	9,400,000
3	Brazil	4,166,300	4,371,300	3,439,000	3,720,400	4,494,600
4	United States	5,393,210	4,023,360	4,828,940	4,005,220	3,305,780
5	Pakistan	2,924,178	2,252,784	2,679,400	1,574,541	3,173,034
6	Uzbekistan	1,482,000	1,685,000	1,855,000	1,925,000	2,040,000
7	Australia	685,901	161,529	859,962	1,506,958	1,443,074
8	Türkiye	1,320,000	1,064,189	1,350,000	1,650,000	1,260,000
9	Burkina Faso	449,000	432,000	422,000	415,000	448,000
10	Argentina	440,000	535,000	500,000	570,000	430,000
11	Turkmenistan	340,000	350,000	365,000	365,000	364,000
12	Greece	600,000	500,000	520,000	500,000	360,000
13	Benin	443,000	453,000	475,000	365,000	340,000
14	Mexico	520,000	383,000	399,000	490,000	330,000
15	Mali	374,307	78,016	424,649	204,262	314,583
16	Cameroon	320,077	336,321	240,000	255,000	280,000
17	Egypt	100,816	100,750	183,000	258,437	194,879
18	Tajikistan	222,000	200,000	205,000	200,000	192,000
19	Kazakhstan	189,400	179,621	159,709	199,000	180,253
20	Ivory Coast	250,000	290,000	260,000	125,000	180,000
21	Azerbaijan	129,000	162,000	185,000	158,000	177,000
22	Myanmar	130,000	110,000	120,000	160,000	160,000
23	Nigeria	60,000	125,000	115,000	130,000	124,000
24	Sudan	114,000	140,000	114,000	120,000	110,000
25	Tanzania	220,000	220,000	78,000	92,000	106,900
26	Ethiopia	104,000	102,000	104,000	107,000	105,000
27	Chad	97,000	80,000	90,000	76,000	80,000
28	Uganda	74,000	80,000	85,000	85,000	80,000
29	Afghanistan	47,528	48,140	50,500	47,120	79,595
30	Iran	75,000	65,000	75,000	75,000	72,000
31	Zimbabwe	61,466	93,390	75,000	124,979	63,627
32	Syria	74,532	63,389	43,212	49,568	61,000
33	Kyrgyzstan	38,300	48,031	44,153	50,497	41,892
34	Bangladesh	52,000	49,687	44,760	42,000	40,900
35	Zambia	27,000	21,000	21,000	15,000	34,000
36	Central African Republic	18,000	18,000	33,000	28,861	29,727
37	Togo	67,300	39,400	29,100	29,285	28,505
38	South Africa	72,557	44,259	25,062	25,276	26,452
39	Mozambique	40,000	31,574	40,439	38,343	23,516
40	Guinea	22,823	22,788	23,134	23,309	23,409
41	Israel	13,300	8,828	7,969	27,120	22,680
42	Paraguay	22,000	18,000	18,000	19,000	22,000
43	DR Congo	19,901	19,024	20,218	19,924	19,797
44	Peru	31,000	12,000	8,462	22,000	18,000
45	North Korea	25,101	22,000	22,000	17,757	16,777
46	Colombia	29,536	9,346	13,425	16,938	15,361
47	Spain	87,900	83,120	62,510	43,140	14,060
48	Ghana	9,300	9,300	13,028	12,399	11,355
49	Madagascar	9,056	9,134	8,372	8,781	9,000
50	Malawi	13,000	35,000	14,000	13,500	9,000
51	Senegal	10,000	11,000	13,000	10,000	8,500
52	Bolivia	4,200	5,500	2,100	5,000	4,800
53	Somalia	4,521	4,604	4,688	4,722	4,746
54	Venezuela	1802	3,652	3,212	3,765	4,032
55	Nicaragua	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000
56	Tunisia	4,360	4,360	3,800	3,851	3,655
57	Niger	3,300	3,300	3,248	3,475	3,480
58	Yemen	10,765	2,500	3,400	3,381	3,417
59	Guinea-Bissau	3,019	3,100	3,000	3,157	3,145
60	Kenya	4,000	4,000	900	2,500	2,550
61	Ecuador	2,212	2,260	2,254	2,214	2,221
62	Angola	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,200
63	Thailand	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000
64	Honduras	1985	1965	2,116	1974	1979
65	Guatemala	1500	1400	1323	1335	1330
66	Eswatini	1069	1133	790.18	913.26	1068
67	Bulgaria	0	1627	950.21	974.92	974.92
68	Burundi	500	526.78	695.49	450	723.11
69	Laos	1600	1500	1350	1180	690
70	Botswana	572.03	521.44	505.29	578.3	580.98
71	Albania	548.53	454.88	529.22	525.63	528.92
72	Haiti	524.72	523.75	522.29	464.53	515.68
73	Costa Rica	371.13	384.37	400.75	396.62	397.36
74	Gambia	280.57	290	290	273.83	275.02
75	Cambodia	160.46	158.68	158.07	156.78	155.9
76	Morocco	139.07	138.68	136.63	133.88	134.39
77	Nepal	78.49	83.93	80.54	81.43	82.13
78	Indonesia	196.76	96.58	79.27	71.39	81.47
79	Antigua and Barbuda	65	65	65	65	65
80	Philippines	45	80	53	65	54
81	Algeria	52.03	52.96	53.46	52.45	52.86
82	Grenada	30.89	30.81	30.12	31.44	31.56
83	Vietnam	61.27	47.98	16.81	22.89	14.05
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.5	2.5	1.75	1.56	1.51
85	Iraq	1	14	2	14	0.64
86	Austria	0	0	0	0	0
87	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0
88	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0
89	Cyprus	-	0	0	0	0
90	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0
91	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0
92	El Salvador	23.33	10.24	0	0	0
93	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0
94	Finland	0	0	0	0	0
95	Germany	0	0	0	0	0
96	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0
97	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0
98	Italy	0	0	0	0	0
99	Latvia	-	0	0	-	0
100	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0
101	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0
102	Malta	0	-	0	0	0
103	Netherlands	0	-	0	0	0
104	Poland	0	0	0	0	0
105	Romania	0	0	0	0	0
106	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0
107	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0
108	France	-	0	-	-	-
109	Portugal	0	0	-	-	-
110	Slovakia	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 seed, 2019-2023. For cotton seed production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 cotton seed production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the cotton seed production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For cotton seed production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.