FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in China
In 2023 China produced 5.6 million t of cotton lint, the largest total in the world (22.7% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 11%. The record was 7.6 million t in 2007.
- Production, 2023
- 5.6 million t
- World rank
- 1 of 84
- 10-year change
- −11%
- Record
- 7.6 million t
- 2007
Cotton lint in China, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,617,900 | −6.1% |
| 2022 | 5,980,200 | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 5,730,900 | −3.0% |
| 2020 | 5,910,500 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,889,000 | −3.5% |
| 2018 | 6,102,800 | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 5,653,000 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 5,343,000 | −4.8% |
| 2015 | 5,610,000 | −9.2% |
| 2014 | 6,178,318 | −1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,298,989 | −7.9% |
| 2012 | 6,835,975 | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 6,598,000 | +11% |
| 2010 | 5,961,132 | −6.5% |
| 2009 | 6,377,000 | −15% |
| 2008 | 7,491,881 | −1.7% |
| 2007 | 7,623,597 | +13% |
| 2006 | 6,746,000 | +18% |
| 2005 | 5,714,000 | −9.6% |
| 2004 | 6,323,510 | +30% |
| 2003 | 4,859,709 | −1.1% |
| 2002 | 4,916,219 | −7.7% |
| 2001 | 5,323,510 | +21% |
| 2000 | 4,417,000 | +15% |
| 1999 | 3,829,000 | −15% |
| 1998 | 4,501,029 | −2.2% |
| 1997 | 4,603,000 | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 4,203,163 | −12% |
| 1995 | 4,768,000 | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 4,341,000 | +16% |
| 1993 | 3,739,000 | −17% |
| 1992 | 4,508,000 | −21% |
| 1991 | 5,675,000 | +26% |
| 1990 | 4,507,738 | +19% |
| 1989 | 3,788,000 | −8.7% |
| 1988 | 4,149,000 | −2.3% |
| 1987 | 4,245,000 | +20% |
| 1986 | 3,540,000 | −15% |
| 1985 | 4,147,000 | −34% |
| 1984 | 6,258,000 | +35% |
| 1983 | 4,637,000 | +29% |
| 1982 | 3,598,000 | +21% |
| 1981 | 2,968,000 | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 2,707,000 | +23% |
| 1979 | 2,207,000 | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 2,167,000 | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 2,049,000 | −0.3% |
| 1976 | 2,055,000 | −14% |
| 1975 | 2,381,000 | −3.3% |
| 1974 | 2,461,000 | −3.9% |
| 1973 | 2,562,000 | +31% |
| 1972 | 1,958,000 | −7.0% |
| 1971 | 2,105,000 | −7.6% |
| 1970 | 2,277,000 | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 2,079,000 | −12% |
| 1968 | 2,354,000 | 0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,354,000 | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 2,337,000 | +11% |
| 1965 | 2,098,000 | +26% |
| 1964 | 1,662,700 | +39% |
| 1963 | 1,200,000 | +60% |
| 1962 | 750,000 | −6.3% |
| 1961 | 800,000 | — |
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.