Global Cotton Production Ranking
Cotton Production by Country (t) 1961 - 2023
Summary
In 2023, China led with 5.6M t, ahead of India at 5.5M t.
China alone accounted for 22.7% of the 2023 total.
Brazil grew the fastest since 2013, up 159.3%.
Full Rankings
Complete dataset - 2023
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY | Share % | Δ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1East Asia |  ChinaCHN | 5.6M | -6.1% | 22.7% | — |
| 2South Asia |  IndiaIND | 5.5M | -3.4% | 22.4% | — |
| 3Latin Am. & Caribbean |  BrazilBRA | 2.9M | +18.3% | 11.8% | +1 |
| 4North America |  United StatesUSA | 2.6M | -16.6% | 10.6% | -1 |
| 5#2South Asia |  PakistanPAK | 1.7M | +108.2% | 7.0% | +2 |
| 6Oceania |  AustraliaAUS | 1.3M | -1.7% | 5.1% | -1 |
| 7Middle East & C. Asia |  UzbekistanUZB | 810.6K | -2.1% | 3.3% | +1 |
| 8#2Middle East & C. Asia |  TürkiyeTUR | 777K | -23.6% | 3.1% | -2 |
| 9#3Middle East & C. Asia |  KazakhstanKAZ | 327.7K | -9.4% | 1.3% | +1 |
| 10Southern Europe |  GreeceGRE | 305K | 0.0% | 1.2% | +2 |
| 11#2Latin Am. & Caribbean |  ArgentinaARG | 295K | -24.6% | 1.2% | -2 |
| 12Sub-Saharan Afr. |  MaliMLI | 239K | +46.0% | 1.0% | +5 |
| 13#2Sub-Saharan Afr. |  BeninBEN | 219.1K | +15.1% | 0.9% | +2 |
| 14#3Sub-Saharan Afr. |  Burkina FasoBFA | 214.9K | -20.5% | 0.9% | -1 |
| 15#2North America |  MexicoMEX | 190K | -44.8% | 0.8% | -4 |
| 16 |  CameroonCMR | 178.5K | +26.0% | 0.7% | +3 |
| 17 |  TurkmenistanTKM | 178.1K | -1.4% | 0.7% | -1 |
| 18Southeast Asia |  MyanmarMMR | 153.2K | 0.0% | 0.6% | — |
| 19 |  NigeriaNGR | 99.2K | -4.6% | 0.4% | +2 |
| 20 |  Côte d'IvoireCIV | 97K | -53.8% | 0.4% | -6 |
| 21 |  TajikistanTJK | 96K | -4.0% | 0.4% | +1 |
| 22 |  AzerbaijanAZE | 80.5K | -11.4% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 23North Africa |  EgyptEGY | 77.5K | -13.9% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 24 |  EthiopiaETH | 63.3K | +1.1% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 25 |  Tanzania, United Republic ofTZA | 54K | +20.0% | 0.2% | +2 |
| 26 |  ChadTCD | 49K | +12.5% | 0.2% | +2 |
| 27#2North Africa |  SudanSDN | 43.5K | -66.8% | 0.2% | -7 |
| 28 |  UgandaUGA | 41.9K | -10.8% | 0.2% | -2 |
| 29Western Europe |  SpainESP | 40.5K | -0.1% | 0.2% | — |
| 30#3South Asia |  AfghanistanAFG | 40.4K | +68.7% | 0.2% | +4 |
| 31 |  Syrian Arab RepublicSYR | 32.8K | +23.1% | 0.1% | +1 |
| 32 |  Iran, Islamic Republic ofIRI | 31.3K | -4.0% | 0.1% | -1 |
| 33 |  ZimbabweZWE | 21.8K | -36.8% | 0.1% | -3 |
| 34 |  BangladeshBGD | 21.1K | -5.4% | 0.1% | +1 |
| 35 |  KyrgyzstanKGZ | 20.9K | -17.0% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 36 |  Central African RepublicCAF | 20K | +3.0% | 0.1% | +2 |
| 37 |  TogoTGO | 19.3K | -2.7% | 0.1% | — |
| 38 |  ZambiaZMB | 18.4K | +145.3% | 0.1% | +9 |
| 39 |  South AfricaRSA | 16K | +14.7% | 0.1% | +2 |
| 40 |  GuineaGIN | 16K | +0.4% | 0.1% | — |
| 41 |  IsraelISR | 14K | -19.8% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 42 |  MozambiqueMOZ | 12.5K | -38.7% | 0.1% | -6 |
| 43#2East Asia |  Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofPRK | 12K | 0.0% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 44#3Latin Am. & Caribbean |  ColombiaCOL | 11.9K | -9.3% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 45 |  PeruPER | 11K | -15.4% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 46 |  ParaguayPRY | 9.4K | -5.3% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 47 |  Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCOD | 8.8K | -0.6% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 48 |  GhanaGHA | 6K | -1.6% | 0.0% | — |
| 49 |  MadagascarMDG | 4.8K | +2.5% | 0.0% | +2 |
| 50 |  SenegalSEN | 4.5K | -18.2% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 51 |  MalawiMWI | 4K | -27.3% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 52 |  Bolivia, Plurinational State ofBOL | 2.5K | -3.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 53 |  NicaraguaNIC | 2.3K | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 54 |  SomaliaSOM | 2.1K | +0.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 55 |  NigerNIG | 2K | 0.0% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 56#3North Africa |  TunisiaTUN | 1.9K | -5.1% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 57 |  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVEN | 1.7K | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 58 |  YemenYEM | 1.7K | +1.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 59#2Southeast Asia |  ThailandTHA | 1.5K | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 60 |  Guinea-BissauGNB | 1.5K | -0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 61 |  EcuadorECU | 1.4K | +0.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 62 |  KenyaKEN | 1.3K | +3.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 63 |  AngolaAGO | 1.1K | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 64 |  HondurasHND | 890.7 | +0.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 65 |  GuatemalaGTM | 591.9 | -0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 66 |  EswatiniSWZ | 505 | +16.9% | 0.0% | +2 |
| 67Eastern Europe |  BulgariaBGR | 490.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 68#3Southeast Asia |  Lao People's Democratic RepublicLAO | 345 | -41.5% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 69 |  BurundiBDI | 315 | +20.7% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 70 |  BotswanaBWA | 295.4 | +0.5% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 71 |  HaitiHTI | 283.6 | +11.0% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 72 |  Costa RicaCRI | 256.6 | +0.2% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 73#2Southern Europe |  AlbaniaALB | 241 | +0.6% | 0.0% | — |
| 74 |  GambiaGMB | 181.1 | +0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 75 |  CambodiaKHM | 78.4 | -0.6% | 0.0% | — |
| 76 |  MoroccoMAR | 66.7 | +0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 77 |  NepalNPL | 45.4 | +0.9% | 0.0% | — |
| 78 |  IndonesiaINA | 40.7 | +14.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 79 |  Antigua and BarbudaATG | 30 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 80 |  AlgeriaDZA | 28 | +0.8% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 81 |  PhilippinesPHI | 25 | -24.9% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 82 |  GrenadaGRD | 15.8 | +0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 83 |  Viet NamVNM | 6.9 | -38.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 84 |  Saint Kitts and NevisKNA | 1.5 | -3.2% | 0.0% | +1 |
| 85 |  IraqIRQ | 0.4 | -95.6% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 86 |  El SalvadorSLV | 0 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 86 |  UruguayURY | 0 | — | 0.0% | — |
Data Source & License
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Data is retrieved from the original source and formatted by Data Race.
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