FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Bangladesh
In 2023 Bangladesh produced 21,100 t of cotton lint, the 34th largest in the world (0.09% of the world total). Over ten years it grew by 0.5%. The record was 47,842 t in 2018.
- Production, 2023
- 21,100 t
- World rank
- 34 of 84
- 10-year change
- +0.5%
- Record
- 47,842 t
- 2018
Cotton lint in Bangladesh, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21,100 | −5.4% |
| 2022 | 22,300 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 22,200 | −31% |
| 2020 | 32,000 | +15% |
| 2019 | 27,726 | −42% |
| 2018 | 47,842 | +11% |
| 2017 | 42,922 | +95% |
| 2016 | 22,000 | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 21,000 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 21,000 | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 21,000 | +11% |
| 2012 | 19,000 | +58% |
| 2011 | 12,000 | −17% |
| 2010 | 14,453 | −5.8% |
| 2009 | 15,343 | +28% |
| 2008 | 11,989 | −20% |
| 2007 | 15,049 | −16% |
| 2006 | 17,890 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 17,520 | +15% |
| 2004 | 15,250 | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 14,950 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 14,323 | −4.5% |
| 2001 | 15,000 | +11% |
| 2000 | 13,500 | −3.6% |
| 1999 | 14,000 | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 13,000 | −5.2% |
| 1997 | 13,706 | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 13,496 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 13,487 | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 12,417 | −51% |
| 1993 | 25,398 | +63% |
| 1992 | 15,579 | +13% |
| 1991 | 13,745 | −12% |
| 1990 | 15,683 | +15% |
| 1989 | 13,638 | +15% |
| 1988 | 11,893 | +79% |
| 1987 | 6,656 | +72% |
| 1986 | 3,868 | −25% |
| 1985 | 5,134 | −14% |
| 1984 | 5,971 | −27% |
| 1983 | 8,144 | −21% |
| 1982 | 10,258 | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 9,785 | +463% |
| 1980 | 1,738 | +58% |
| 1979 | 1,101 | −6.8% |
| 1978 | 1,181 | +35% |
| 1977 | 876 | +25% |
| 1976 | 701 | −14% |
| 1975 | 817 | −25% |
| 1974 | 1,091 | −3.2% |
| 1973 | 1,127 | −20% |
| 1972 | 1,400 | −18% |
| 1971 | 1,700 | +42% |
| 1970 | 1,200 | −56% |
| 1969 | 2,700 | +17% |
| 1968 | 2,300 | −15% |
| 1967 | 2,700 | 0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,700 | −11% |
| 1965 | 3,048 | 0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,048 | 0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,048 | 0.0% |
| 1962 | 3,048 | 0.0% |
| 1961 | 3,048 | — |
Other large producers
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.