FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Chad
In 2023 Chad produced 49,000 t of cotton lint, the 26th largest in the world (0.20% of the world total). Over ten years it grew by 42%. The record was 103,236 t in 1997.
The 2023 figure is from an external organisation.
- Production, 2023
- 49,000 t
- World rank
- 26 of 84
- 10-year change
- +42%
- Record
- 103,236 t
- 1997
Cotton lint in Chad, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49,000 | +13% |
| 2022 | 43,544 | −33% |
| 2021 | 65,317 | +29% |
| 2020 | 50,512 | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 46,375 | +432% |
| 2018 | 8,709 | −60% |
| 2017 | 21,772 | −71% |
| 2016 | 76,204 | +30% |
| 2015 | 58,786 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 58,786 | +71% |
| 2013 | 34,400 | −1.3% |
| 2012 | 34,836 | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 32,659 | +50% |
| 2010 | 21,772 | −34% |
| 2009 | 33,000 | −20% |
| 2008 | 41,400 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 41,400 | −4.9% |
| 2006 | 43,550 | −40% |
| 2005 | 73,000 | −11% |
| 2004 | 81,647 | +67% |
| 2003 | 49,000 | −31% |
| 2002 | 71,000 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 70,000 | +21% |
| 2000 | 58,000 | −22% |
| 1999 | 74,000 | +16% |
| 1998 | 63,611 | −38% |
| 1997 | 103,236 | +20% |
| 1996 | 85,741 | +40% |
| 1995 | 61,200 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 61,194 | +65% |
| 1993 | 37,114 | −21% |
| 1992 | 47,000 | −31% |
| 1991 | 67,886 | +13% |
| 1990 | 60,207 | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 57,938 | +10% |
| 1988 | 52,559 | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 47,898 | +40% |
| 1986 | 34,142 | −11% |
| 1985 | 38,504 | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 35,526 | −41% |
| 1983 | 59,900 | +57% |
| 1982 | 38,200 | +46% |
| 1981 | 26,200 | −16% |
| 1980 | 31,200 | −5.7% |
| 1979 | 33,073 | −34% |
| 1978 | 50,144 | +10% |
| 1977 | 45,402 | −16% |
| 1976 | 53,996 | −16% |
| 1975 | 64,606 | +22% |
| 1974 | 53,160 | +24% |
| 1973 | 42,956 | +11% |
| 1972 | 38,856 | −5.3% |
| 1971 | 41,031 | +16% |
| 1970 | 35,352 | −18% |
| 1969 | 42,932 | −22% |
| 1968 | 55,190 | +46% |
| 1967 | 37,848 | −16% |
| 1966 | 45,152 | +44% |
| 1965 | 31,249 | −13% |
| 1964 | 35,743 | −4.6% |
| 1963 | 37,483 | +12% |
| 1962 | 33,495 | +103% |
| 1961 | 16,467 | — |
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.