FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Cameroon
In 2023 Cameroon produced 178,500 t of cotton lint, the 16th largest in the world (0.72% of the world total). Over ten years it grew by 96%. This is the highest figure on record.
The 2023 figure is estimated by FAO.
- Production, 2023
- 178,500 t
- World rank
- 16 of 84
- 10-year change
- +96%
- Record
- 178,500 t
- 2023
Cotton lint in Cameroon, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 178,500 | +26% |
| 2022 | 141,700 | −9.2% |
| 2021 | 156,000 | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 147,000 | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 138,000 | +38% |
| 2018 | 100,000 | −5.7% |
| 2017 | 106,000 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 102,000 | −4.7% |
| 2015 | 107,000 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 105,000 | +15% |
| 2013 | 91,000 | +30% |
| 2012 | 70,000 | +17% |
| 2011 | 60,000 | −12% |
| 2010 | 68,000 | +48% |
| 2009 | 46,000 | −25% |
| 2008 | 61,500 | −30% |
| 2007 | 87,500 | −2.8% |
| 2006 | 90,000 | −13% |
| 2005 | 104,000 | +73% |
| 2004 | 60,000 | −22% |
| 2003 | 77,000 | −14% |
| 2002 | 90,000 | −7.0% |
| 2001 | 96,819 | +14% |
| 2000 | 85,000 | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 79,832 | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 75,093 | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 73,067 | −19% |
| 1996 | 90,000 | +14% |
| 1995 | 78,604 | +26% |
| 1994 | 62,510 | +21% |
| 1993 | 51,748 | −1.7% |
| 1992 | 52,644 | +12% |
| 1991 | 47,087 | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 46,541 | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 42,912 | −31% |
| 1988 | 62,000 | +38% |
| 1987 | 45,000 | −3.2% |
| 1986 | 46,500 | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 45,500 | +20% |
| 1984 | 38,000 | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 36,900 | +29% |
| 1982 | 28,600 | −6.8% |
| 1981 | 30,700 | −4.1% |
| 1980 | 32,000 | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 31,000 | +37% |
| 1978 | 22,600 | +47% |
| 1977 | 15,365 | −16% |
| 1976 | 18,200 | −4.7% |
| 1975 | 19,100 | +26% |
| 1974 | 15,100 | +45% |
| 1973 | 10,400 | −34% |
| 1972 | 15,800 | 0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,800 | −44% |
| 1970 | 28,000 | −18% |
| 1969 | 33,960 | +35% |
| 1968 | 25,200 | +38% |
| 1967 | 18,200 | −12% |
| 1966 | 20,700 | −1.9% |
| 1965 | 21,100 | +32% |
| 1964 | 16,000 | −2.4% |
| 1963 | 16,400 | +9.3% |
| 1962 | 15,000 | +69% |
| 1961 | 8,850 | — |
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.