World Cotton lint, ginned production: country ranking and trends
World Cotton lint, ginned ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)24.70M t2023
Countries87
#1China5.62M t
10-year change+0.2 %2013 → 2023
What the data show
In 2023, the sum of available national Cotton lint, ginned production reaches 24.70M t. China ranks first with 5.62M t, about 22.7 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +0.2 %.
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Which country produces the most Cotton lint, ginned?
China ranks #1 for 2023 with 5.62M t.
How is the world total for Cotton lint, ginned calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | China | 5.62M t | 22.7 % |
| #2 | India | 5.53M t | 22.4 % |
| #3 | Brazil | 2.92M t | 11.8 % |
| #4 | United States | 2.63M t | 10.6 % |
| #5 | Pakistan | 1.74M t | 7.0 % |
| #6 | Australia | 1.25M t | 5.1 % |
| #7 | Uzbekistan | 810.6k t | 3.3 % |
| #8 | Turkey | 777.0k t | 3.1 % |
| #9 | Kazakhstan | 327.7k t | 1.3 % |
| #10 | Greece | 305.0k t | 1.2 % |
| #11 | Argentina | 295.0k t | 1.2 % |
| #12 | Mali | 239.0k t | 1.0 % |
| #13 | Benin | 219.1k t | 0.9 % |
| #14 | Burkina Faso | 214.9k t | 0.9 % |
| #15 | Mexico | 190.0k t | 0.8 % |
| #16 | Cameroon | 178.5k t | 0.7 % |
| #17 | Turkmenistan | 178.1k t | 0.7 % |
| #18 | Myanmar | 153.2k t | 0.6 % |
| #19 | Nigeria | 99.2k t | 0.4 % |
| #20 | Ivory Coast | 97.0k t | 0.4 % |
Production
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