FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Colombia
In 2023 Colombia produced 11,920 t of cotton lint, the 44th largest in the world (0.05% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 51%. The record was 161,600 t in 1977.
- Production, 2023
- 11,920 t
- World rank
- 44 of 84
- 10-year change
- −51%
- Record
- 161,600 t
- 1977
Cotton lint in Colombia, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,920 | −9.3% |
| 2022 | 13,143 | +26% |
| 2021 | 10,417 | +44% |
| 2020 | 7,252 | −68% |
| 2019 | 22,919 | +98% |
| 2018 | 11,580 | +30% |
| 2017 | 8,890 | −69% |
| 2016 | 28,596 | +18% |
| 2015 | 24,324 | −14% |
| 2014 | 28,433 | +17% |
| 2013 | 24,394 | −34% |
| 2012 | 37,040 | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 35,530 | −0.5% |
| 2010 | 35,717 | +20% |
| 2009 | 29,829 | +17% |
| 2008 | 25,600 | −39% |
| 2007 | 42,037 | +12% |
| 2006 | 37,539 | −32% |
| 2005 | 55,382 | −0.3% |
| 2004 | 55,552 | +62% |
| 2003 | 34,307 | +11% |
| 2002 | 31,000 | −16% |
| 2001 | 37,000 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 36,500 | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 33,730 | −6.3% |
| 1998 | 36,000 | 0.0% |
| 1997 | 36,000 | −49% |
| 1996 | 71,000 | +29% |
| 1995 | 55,000 | −2.3% |
| 1994 | 56,277 | −22% |
| 1993 | 72,165 | −38% |
| 1992 | 116,504 | −26% |
| 1991 | 157,525 | +32% |
| 1990 | 119,385 | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 111,910 | −7.2% |
| 1988 | 120,619 | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 114,315 | −4.3% |
| 1986 | 119,492 | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 118,205 | +29% |
| 1984 | 91,848 | +114% |
| 1983 | 43,000 | −16% |
| 1982 | 51,000 | −58% |
| 1981 | 121,000 | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 116,000 | +23% |
| 1979 | 94,500 | −15% |
| 1978 | 110,600 | −32% |
| 1977 | 161,600 | +14% |
| 1976 | 142,100 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 138,700 | −4.9% |
| 1974 | 145,800 | +26% |
| 1973 | 115,600 | −20% |
| 1972 | 144,500 | +29% |
| 1971 | 112,300 | −12% |
| 1970 | 128,000 | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 125,000 | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 120,200 | +24% |
| 1967 | 96,600 | +28% |
| 1966 | 75,400 | +16% |
| 1965 | 65,000 | −1.5% |
| 1964 | 66,000 | −9.1% |
| 1963 | 72,600 | −12% |
| 1962 | 82,300 | +7.6% |
| 1961 | 76,500 | — |
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.