World Cotton seed production: country ranking and trends
World Cotton seed ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)41.01M t2023
Countries107
#1India10.60M t
10-year change-8.8 %2013 → 2023
What the data show
In 2023, the sum of available national Cotton seed production reaches 41.01M t. India ranks first with 10.60M t, about 25.8 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by -8.8 %.
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Which country produces the most Cotton seed?
India ranks #1 for 2023 with 10.60M t.
How is the world total for Cotton seed 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 | India | 10.60M t | 25.8 % |
| #2 | China | 9.40M t | 22.9 % |
| #3 | Brazil | 4.49M t | 11.0 % |
| #4 | United States | 3.31M t | 8.1 % |
| #5 | Pakistan | 3.17M t | 7.7 % |
| #6 | Uzbekistan | 2.04M t | 5.0 % |
| #7 | Australia | 1.44M t | 3.5 % |
| #8 | Turkey | 1.26M t | 3.1 % |
| #9 | Burkina Faso | 448.0k t | 1.1 % |
| #10 | Argentina | 430.0k t | 1.0 % |
| #11 | Turkmenistan | 364.0k t | 0.9 % |
| #12 | Greece | 360.0k t | 0.9 % |
| #13 | Benin | 340.0k t | 0.8 % |
| #14 | Mexico | 330.0k t | 0.8 % |
| #15 | Mali | 314.6k t | 0.8 % |
| #16 | Cameroon | 280.0k t | 0.7 % |
| #17 | Egypt | 194.9k t | 0.5 % |
| #18 | Tajikistan | 192.0k t | 0.5 % |
| #19 | Kazakhstan | 180.3k t | 0.4 % |
| #20 | Ivory Coast | 180.0k t | 0.4 % |
Production
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